diff --git a/config/install/pathauto.settings.yml b/config/install/pathauto.settings.yml
index 2a331f2..3e4f3b4 100644
--- a/config/install/pathauto.settings.yml
+++ b/config/install/pathauto.settings.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ verbose : FALSE
 separator : '-'
 max_length : 100
 max_component_length: 100
-transliterate : FALSE
+transliterate : TRUE
 reduce_ascii : FALSE
 ignore_words : ', in, is,that, the  , this, with, '
 case : TRUE
diff --git a/src/Form/PathautoSettingsForm.php b/src/Form/PathautoSettingsForm.php
index edfb7dd..b72cff7 100644
--- a/src/Form/PathautoSettingsForm.php
+++ b/src/Form/PathautoSettingsForm.php
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class PathautoSettingsForm extends ConfigFormBase {
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
       '#title' => t('Transliterate prior to creating alias'),
       '#default_value' => $config->get('transliterate'),
-      '#description' => t('When a pattern includes certain characters (such as those with accents) should Pathauto attempt to transliterate them into the US-ASCII alphabet? Transliteration is handled by the Transliteration module.'),
+      '#description' => t('When a pattern includes certain characters (such as those with accents) should Pathauto attempt to transliterate them into the US-ASCII alphabet?'),
     );
 
     $form['reduce_ascii'] = array(