diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9538ccca..4aadd7bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 * Set `PWD` environment variable in the slave process ([#1179][1179]).
 * DPI is now forced to 96 when found to be unreasonably high.
 * Set default log level to warning ([#1215][1215]).
+* Default `grapheme-width-method` from `wcswidth` to `double-width`.
 
 [1166]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1166
 [1179]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1179
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 7d849d5c..ea8d062f 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -3003,7 +3003,7 @@ config_load(struct config *conf, const char *conf_path,
 #if defined(FOOT_GRAPHEME_CLUSTERING) && FOOT_GRAPHEME_CLUSTERING
             .grapheme_shaping = fcft_caps & FCFT_CAPABILITY_GRAPHEME_SHAPING,
 #endif
-            .grapheme_width_method = GRAPHEME_WIDTH_WCSWIDTH,
+            .grapheme_width_method = GRAPHEME_WIDTH_DOUBLE,
             .delayed_render_lower_ns = 500000,         /* 0.5ms */
             .delayed_render_upper_ns = 16666666 / 2,   /* half a frame period (60Hz) */
             .max_shm_pool_size = 512 * 1024 * 1024,
diff --git a/doc/foot.ini.5.scd b/doc/foot.ini.5.scd
index 6443d2ba..6cdb7db8 100644
--- a/doc/foot.ini.5.scd
+++ b/doc/foot.ini.5.scd
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ any of these options.
 	
 	*max* uses the width of the largest codepoint in the cluster.
 	
-	Default: _wcswidth_
+	Default: _double-width_
 
 *font-monospace-warn*
 	Boolean. When enabled, foot will use heuristics to try to verify