diff --git a/gramps2/po/check_po b/gramps2/po/check_po
index 3a6c4ceb3..7dbb640d7 100755
--- a/gramps2/po/check_po
+++ b/gramps2/po/check_po
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ def main():
 			  help="skip fuzzies")
 
 	parser.add_option("-s", "--only-summary",
-			  action="store_true", dest="only_summary", default=True,
+			  action="store_true", dest="only_summary", default=False,
 			  help="only give the summary")
 
 	(options, args) = parser.parse_args()