diff --git a/.README/rules/no-bad-blocks.md b/.README/rules/no-bad-blocks.md
index ebbabaea..42f917a1 100644
--- a/.README/rules/no-bad-blocks.md
+++ b/.README/rules/no-bad-blocks.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This rule checks for multi-line-style comments which fail to meet the
 criteria of a JSDoc block, namely that it should begin with two and only two
 asterisks, but which appear to be intended as JSDoc blocks due to the presence
 of whitespace followed by whitespace or asterisks, and
-an at-sign (`@`) and some non-whitespace (as with a jsdoc block tag).
+an at-sign (`@`) and some non-whitespace (as with a JSDoc block tag).
 
 Exceptions are made for ESLint directive comments (which may use `@` in
 rule names).
diff --git a/.README/rules/text-escaping.md b/.README/rules/text-escaping.md
index 0416152e..e5a50c30 100644
--- a/.README/rules/text-escaping.md
+++ b/.README/rules/text-escaping.md
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ within it or your documentation.
 ### `escapeHTML`
 
 This option escapes all `<` and `&` characters (except those followed by
-whitespace which are treated as literals by Visual Studio Code).
+whitespace which are treated as literals by Visual Studio Code). Defaults to
+`false`.
 
 ### `escapeMarkdown`
 
 This option escapes the first backtick (`` ` ``) in a paired sequence.
+Defaults to `false`.
 
 ## Context and settings
 
diff --git a/docs/rules/no-bad-blocks.md b/docs/rules/no-bad-blocks.md
index 409b4249..f362a874 100644
--- a/docs/rules/no-bad-blocks.md
+++ b/docs/rules/no-bad-blocks.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This rule checks for multi-line-style comments which fail to meet the
 criteria of a JSDoc block, namely that it should begin with two and only two
 asterisks, but which appear to be intended as JSDoc blocks due to the presence
 of whitespace followed by whitespace or asterisks, and
-an at-sign (`@`) and some non-whitespace (as with a jsdoc block tag).
+an at-sign (`@`) and some non-whitespace (as with a JSDoc block tag).
 
 Exceptions are made for ESLint directive comments (which may use `@` in
 rule names).
diff --git a/docs/rules/text-escaping.md b/docs/rules/text-escaping.md
index 99d79ab9..e7c229b0 100644
--- a/docs/rules/text-escaping.md
+++ b/docs/rules/text-escaping.md
@@ -34,13 +34,15 @@ within it or your documentation.
 ### <code>escapeHTML</code>
 
 This option escapes all `<` and `&` characters (except those followed by
-whitespace which are treated as literals by Visual Studio Code).
+whitespace which are treated as literals by Visual Studio Code). Defaults to
+`false`.
 
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 <a name="text-escaping-options-escapemarkdown"></a>
 ### <code>escapeMarkdown</code>
 
 This option escapes the first backtick (`` ` ``) in a paired sequence.
+Defaults to `false`.
 
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 <a name="text-escaping-context-and-settings"></a>