diff --git a/src/translator/parser.h b/src/translator/parser.h
index 0895ec2..b8e3c3e 100644
--- a/src/translator/parser.h
+++ b/src/translator/parser.h
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ inline marian::ConfigParser createConfigParser() {
 
   cp.addOption<bool>(
       "--bytearray", "Bergamot Options",
-      "Enable loads through ByteArrays to enable testing of byte-array codepath", false);
+      "Enable loads through byte-arrays to enable testing of byte-array codepath (false by default)", false);
 
   cp.addOption<bool>(
       "--check-bytearray", "Bergamot Options",
-      "Flag holds whether to check the content of the bytearray (true by default)", false);
+      "Flag holds whether to check the content of the bytearray (false by default)", false);
 
     return cp;
 }