diff --git a/src/gtest.cc b/src/gtest.cc
index 5903f2ae..b77f62e7 100644
--- a/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/src/gtest.cc
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ GTEST_DEFINE_string_(
 
 GTEST_DEFINE_bool_(
     print_time,
-    internal::BoolFromGTestEnv("print_time", false),
+    internal::BoolFromGTestEnv("print_time", true),
     "True iff " GTEST_NAME_
     " should display elapsed time in text output.");
 
@@ -4141,8 +4141,8 @@ static const char kColorEncodedHelpMessage[] =
 "Test Output:\n"
 "  @G--" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ "color=@Y(@Gyes@Y|@Gno@Y|@Gauto@Y)@D\n"
 "      Enable/disable colored output. The default is @Gauto@D.\n"
-"  -@G-" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ "print_time@D\n"
-"      Print the elapsed time of each test.\n"
+"  -@G-" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ "print_time=0@D\n"
+"      Don't print the elapsed time of each test.\n"
 "  @G--" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ "output=xml@Y[@G:@YDIRECTORY_PATH@G"
     GTEST_PATH_SEP_ "@Y|@G:@YFILE_PATH]@D\n"
 "      Generate an XML report in the given directory or with the given file\n"
@@ -4165,10 +4165,9 @@ static const char kColorEncodedHelpMessage[] =
 "Except for @G--" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ "list_tests@D, you can alternatively set "
     "the corresponding\n"
 "environment variable of a flag (all letters in upper-case). For example, to\n"
-"print the elapsed time, you can either specify @G--" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_
-    "print_time@D or set the\n"
-"@G" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_UPPER_ "PRINT_TIME@D environment variable to a "
-    "non-zero value.\n"
+"disable colored text output, you can either specify @G--" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_
+    "color=no@D or set\n"
+"the @G" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_UPPER_ "COLOR@D environment variable to @Gno@D.\n"
 "\n"
 "For more information, please read the " GTEST_NAME_ " documentation at\n"
 "@G" GTEST_PROJECT_URL_ "@D. If you find a bug in " GTEST_NAME_ "\n"
diff --git a/test/gtest_env_var_test.py b/test/gtest_env_var_test.py
index 92b9cd8a..35e8041f 100755
--- a/test/gtest_env_var_test.py
+++ b/test/gtest_env_var_test.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def TestEnvVarAffectsFlag(command):
   TestFlag(command, 'color', 'yes', 'auto')
   TestFlag(command, 'filter', 'FooTest.Bar', '*')
   TestFlag(command, 'output', 'tmp/foo.xml', '')
-  TestFlag(command, 'print_time', '1', '0')
+  TestFlag(command, 'print_time', '0', '1')
   TestFlag(command, 'repeat', '999', '1')
   TestFlag(command, 'throw_on_failure', '1', '0')
   TestFlag(command, 'death_test_style', 'threadsafe', 'fast')
diff --git a/test/gtest_output_test_.cc b/test/gtest_output_test_.cc
index a47560be..4d7f0758 100644
--- a/test/gtest_output_test_.cc
+++ b/test/gtest_output_test_.cc
@@ -976,6 +976,8 @@ GTEST_DEFINE_bool_(internal_skip_environment_and_ad_hoc_tests, false,
 // of them are intended to fail), and then compare the test results
 // with the "golden" file.
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  testing::GTEST_FLAG(print_time) = false;
+
   // We just run the tests, knowing some of them are intended to fail.
   // We will use a separate Python script to compare the output of
   // this program with the golden file.
diff --git a/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index d1c517b5..0786725b 100644
--- a/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ class GTestFlagSaverTest : public Test {
     GTEST_FLAG(filter) = "";
     GTEST_FLAG(list_tests) = false;
     GTEST_FLAG(output) = "";
-    GTEST_FLAG(print_time) = false;
+    GTEST_FLAG(print_time) = true;
     GTEST_FLAG(repeat) = 1;
     GTEST_FLAG(throw_on_failure) = false;
   }
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ class GTestFlagSaverTest : public Test {
     EXPECT_STREQ("", GTEST_FLAG(filter).c_str());
     EXPECT_FALSE(GTEST_FLAG(list_tests));
     EXPECT_STREQ("", GTEST_FLAG(output).c_str());
-    EXPECT_FALSE(GTEST_FLAG(print_time));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(GTEST_FLAG(print_time));
     EXPECT_EQ(1, GTEST_FLAG(repeat));
     EXPECT_FALSE(GTEST_FLAG(throw_on_failure));
 
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ class GTestFlagSaverTest : public Test {
     GTEST_FLAG(filter) = "abc";
     GTEST_FLAG(list_tests) = true;
     GTEST_FLAG(output) = "xml:foo.xml";
-    GTEST_FLAG(print_time) = true;
+    GTEST_FLAG(print_time) = false;
     GTEST_FLAG(repeat) = 100;
     GTEST_FLAG(throw_on_failure) = true;
   }
@@ -4325,7 +4325,7 @@ struct Flags {
             filter(""),
             list_tests(false),
             output(""),
-            print_time(false),
+            print_time(true),
             repeat(1),
             throw_on_failure(false) {}
 
@@ -4436,7 +4436,7 @@ class InitGoogleTestTest : public Test {
     GTEST_FLAG(filter) = "";
     GTEST_FLAG(list_tests) = false;
     GTEST_FLAG(output) = "";
-    GTEST_FLAG(print_time) = false;
+    GTEST_FLAG(print_time) = true;
     GTEST_FLAG(repeat) = 1;
     GTEST_FLAG(throw_on_failure) = false;
   }