diff --git a/xterm/charproc.c b/xterm/charproc.c

index 54d6dca..e64e41c 100644

--- a/xterm/charproc.c

+++ b/xterm/charproc.c

@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static XtResource resources[] =

     Bres(XtNcjkWidth, XtCCjkWidth, misc.cjk_width, False),

     Bres(XtNmkWidth, XtCMkWidth, misc.mk_width, False),

     Bres(XtNutf8Latin1, XtCUtf8Latin1, screen.utf8_latin1, False),

-    Bres(XtNutf8Title, XtCUtf8Title, screen.utf8_title, False),

+    Bres(XtNutf8Title, XtCUtf8Title, screen.utf8_title, True),

     Bres(XtNvt100Graphics, XtCVT100Graphics, screen.vt100_graphics, True),

     Bres(XtNwideChars, XtCWideChars, screen.wide_chars, False),

     Ires(XtNcombiningChars, XtCCombiningChars, screen.max_combining, 2),

diff --git a/xterm/xterm.man b/xterm/xterm.man

index b5f11b0..97fa4bb 100644

--- a/xterm/xterm.man

+++ b/xterm/xterm.man

@@ -2830,7 +2830,7 @@ Set this resource to ``true'' to allow UTF-8 encoded title strings.

 That cancels the translation to UTF-8,

 allowing UTF-8 strings to be displayed as is.

 .IP

-The default is ``false.''

+The default is ``true.''

 .TP 8

 .B "veryBoldColors (\fPclass\fB VeryBoldColors)"

 Specifies whether to combine video attributes with colors specified by