diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 5d2ab588..8c3113fe 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ extractor.twitter.videos
 ------------------------
 =========== =====
 Type        ``bool`` or ``string``
-Default     ``false``
+Default     ``true``
 Description Control video download behavior.
 
             * ``true``: Download videos and use `youtube-dl`_ to handle
diff --git a/docs/gallery-dl.conf b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
index f57ccc10..6796650e 100644
--- a/docs/gallery-dl.conf
+++ b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
             "content": false,
             "retweets": true,
             "twitpic": false,
-            "videos": false
+            "videos": true
         },
         "vsco":
         {
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 6949eb12..8c32aeb5 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class TwitterExtractor(Extractor):
         self.retweets = self.config("retweets", True)
         self.twitpic = self.config("twitpic", False)
         self.content = self.config("content", False)
-        self.videos = self.config("videos", False)
+        self.videos = self.config("videos", True)
 
         if self.content:
             self._emoji_sub = re.compile(