diff --git a/docs/parsers/ini.md b/docs/parsers/ini.md
index 775ab05b..404f58c9 100644
--- a/docs/parsers/ini.md
+++ b/docs/parsers/ini.md
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ Parses standard `INI` files.
 > included.
 
 > Note: The section identifier `[DEFAULT]` is special and provides default
-> values for the following section keys. To disable this behavior you must
-> rename the `[DEFAULT]` section identifier to something else.
+> values for the section keys that follow. To disable this behavior you must
+> rename the `[DEFAULT]` section identifier to something else before
+> parsing.
 
 > Note: Values starting and ending with double or single quotation marks
 > will have the marks removed. If you would like to keep the quotation
diff --git a/jc/parsers/ini.py b/jc/parsers/ini.py
index 93560cd3..34a89205 100644
--- a/jc/parsers/ini.py
+++ b/jc/parsers/ini.py
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ Parses standard `INI` files.
 > included.
 
 > Note: The section identifier `[DEFAULT]` is special and provides default
-> values for the following section keys. To disable this behavior you must
-> rename the `[DEFAULT]` section identifier to something else.
+> values for the section keys that follow. To disable this behavior you must
+> rename the `[DEFAULT]` section identifier to something else before
+> parsing.
 
 > Note: Values starting and ending with double or single quotation marks
 > will have the marks removed. If you would like to keep the quotation