diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a400d9d4..3c5f0135 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@
   and background colors for the scrollback indicator.
 
 ### Changed
+
+* `[tweak].grapheme-shaping` is now enabled by default when both foot
+  itself, and fcft has been compiled with support for it.
+* Default value of `[tweak].grapheme-width-method` changed from
+  `double-width` to `wcswidth`.
+
+
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index a213075b..d437b05e 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -2396,8 +2396,8 @@ parse_section_tweak(
              * grapheme-clustering at least */
         }
 
-        if (conf->tweak.grapheme_shaping)
-            LOG_WARN("tweak: grapheme shaping");
+        if (!conf->tweak.grapheme_shaping)
+            LOG_WARN("tweak: grapheme shaping disabled");
     }
 
     else if (strcmp(key, "grapheme-width-method") == 0) {
@@ -2978,8 +2978,10 @@ config_load(struct config *conf, const char *conf_path,
         .tweak = {
             .fcft_filter = FCFT_SCALING_FILTER_LANCZOS3,
             .overflowing_glyphs = true,
-            .grapheme_shaping = false,
-            .grapheme_width_method = GRAPHEME_WIDTH_DOUBLE,
+#if defined(FOOT_GRAPHEME_CLUSTERING) && FOOT_GRAPHEME_CLUSTERING
+            .grapheme_shaping = fcft_caps & FCFT_CAPABILITY_GRAPHEME_SHAPING,
+#endif
+            .grapheme_width_method = GRAPHEME_WIDTH_WCSWIDTH,
             .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 b242e8fb..e105be62 100644
--- a/doc/foot.ini.5.scd
+++ b/doc/foot.ini.5.scd
@@ -1020,23 +1020,15 @@ any of these options.
 	
 	This is required to render e.g. flag (emoji) sequences, keycap
 	sequences, modifier sequences, zero-width-joiner (ZWJ) sequences
-	andn emoji tag sequences. It might also improve rendering of
+	and emoji tag sequences. It might also improve rendering of
 	composed characters, depending on font.
 	
-	This is an experimental feature with the following requirements
-	and limitations:
-	
 		- foot must have been compiled with utf8proc support
 		- fcft must have been compiled with HarfBuzz support
-		- This option must be set to true
-		- Foot will use *wcswidth*(3) to calculate a cluster's display
-	      width. This will typically _not_ match the shaped glyph's
-	      width, but is necessary to not break cursor synchronization
-	      with the application running in foot.
 	
 	See also: *grapheme-width-method*.
 	
-	Default: _no_
+	Default: _yes_
 
 *grapheme-width-method*
 	Selects which method to use when calculating the width
@@ -1047,12 +1039,12 @@ any of these options.
 	codepoints making up the cluster.
 	
 	*double-width* does the same, but limits the maximum number of
-	columns to 2. This is more correct, but is likely to break
+	columns to 2. This is more correct, but may break some
 	applications since applications typically use *wcswidth*(3)
 	internally to calculate the width. This results in cursor
 	de-synchronization issues.
 	
-	Default: _double-width_
+	Default: _wcswidth_
 
 *font-monospace-warn*
 	Boolean. When enabled, foot will use heuristics to try to verify