diff --git a/core/commands/ls.go b/core/commands/ls.go
index 5aa3b6513..9604a1d2d 100644
--- a/core/commands/ls.go
+++ b/core/commands/ls.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Displays the links an IPFS or IPNS object(s) contains, with the following format
 		cmds.StringArg("ipfs-path", true, true, "The path to the IPFS object(s) to list links from.").EnableStdin(),
 	},
 	Options: []cmds.Option{
-		cmds.BoolOption("headers", "v", "Print table headers (Hash, Size, Name)."),
+		cmds.BoolOption("headers", "v", "Print table headers (Hash, Size, Name).").Default(false),
 	},
 	Run: func(req cmds.Request, res cmds.Response) {
 		node, err := req.InvocContext().GetNode()