diff --git a/src/wp-includes/category-template.php b/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
index 8c34b0e985..250c5d378f 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ function wp_dropdown_categories( $args = '' ) {
  * @since 2.1.0
  * @since 4.4.0 Introduced the `hide_title_if_empty` and `separator` arguments.
  * @since 4.4.0 The `current_category` argument was modified to optionally accept an array of values.
+ * @since 6.1.0 Default value of the 'use_desc_for_title' argument was changed from 1 to 0.
  *
  * @param array|string $args {
  *     Array of optional arguments. See get_categories(), get_terms(), and WP_Term_Query::__construct()
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ function wp_dropdown_categories( $args = '' ) {
  *     @type string       $title_li              Text to use for the list title `<li>` element. Pass an empty string
  *                                               to disable. Default 'Categories'.
  *     @type bool|int     $use_desc_for_title    Whether to use the category description as the title attribute.
- *                                               Accepts 0, 1, or their bool equivalents. Default 1.
+ *                                               Accepts 0, 1, or their bool equivalents. Default 0.
  *     @type Walker       $walker                Walker object to use to build the output. Default empty which results
  *                                               in a Walker_Category instance being used.
  * }
@@ -549,7 +550,7 @@ function wp_list_categories( $args = '' ) {
 		'style'               => 'list',
 		'taxonomy'            => 'category',
 		'title_li'            => __( 'Categories' ),
-		'use_desc_for_title'  => 1,
+		'use_desc_for_title'  => 0,
 	);
 
 	$parsed_args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );