diff --git a/tests/page_test.py b/tests/page_test.py
index 7b69da45..828f1dc4 100644
--- a/tests/page_test.py
+++ b/tests/page_test.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def test_disambiguate(self):
   def test_auto_suggest(self):
     """Test that auto_suggest properly corrects a typo."""
     # yum, butter.
-    butterfly = wikipedia.page("butteryfly")
+    butterfly = wikipedia.page("butteryfly", auto_suggest=True)
 
     self.assertEqual(butterfly.title, "Butterfly")
     self.assertEqual(butterfly.url, "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly")
diff --git a/wikipedia/wikipedia.py b/wikipedia/wikipedia.py
index 040901a7..611b549f 100644
--- a/wikipedia/wikipedia.py
+++ b/wikipedia/wikipedia.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def random(pages=1):
 
 
 @cache
-def summary(title, sentences=0, chars=0, auto_suggest=True, redirect=True):
+def summary(title, sentences=0, chars=0, auto_suggest=False, redirect=True):
   '''
   Plain text summary of the page.
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def summary(title, sentences=0, chars=0, auto_suggest=True, redirect=True):
   return summary
 
 
-def page(title=None, pageid=None, auto_suggest=True, redirect=True, preload=False):
+def page(title=None, pageid=None, auto_suggest=False, redirect=True, preload=False):
   '''
   Get a WikipediaPage object for the page with title `title` or the pageid
   `pageid` (mutually exclusive).