diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
index bf4e4f148fc..1a41a776c73 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/restore/RestoreSnapshotRequest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class RestoreSnapshotRequest extends MasterNodeRequest<RestoreSnapshotReq
     private String renamePattern;
     private String renameReplacement;
     private boolean waitForCompletion;
-    private boolean includeGlobalState = true;
+    private boolean includeGlobalState = false;
     private boolean partial = false;
     private boolean includeAliases = true;
     private Settings settings = EMPTY_SETTINGS;
diff --git a/docs/reference/migration/migrate_5_0/settings.asciidoc b/docs/reference/migration/migrate_5_0/settings.asciidoc
index 5702d51fc12..321bb6aa490 100644
--- a/docs/reference/migration/migrate_5_0/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/migration/migrate_5_0/settings.asciidoc
@@ -277,3 +277,8 @@ should be used instead.
 
 The setting `bootstrap.mlockall` has been renamed to
 `bootstrap.memory_lock`.
+
+==== Snapshot settings
+
+The default setting `include_global_state` for taking and restoring snapshots
+has been changed from `true` to `false`.