diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.rst b/docs/INSTALL.rst
index 3266666..cfee3fd 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.rst
@@ -125,21 +125,21 @@
     ./waf
     sudo ./waf install
 
-By default, only the static version of ndn-cxx library is built.  To build the shared library,
-use ``--enable-shared`` option for ``./waf configure`` command.  For example::
+By default, only the shared version of ndn-cxx library is built.  To build the static library,
+use ``--enable-static`` option for ``./waf configure`` command.  For example::
 
-    ./waf configure --enable-shared
+    ./waf configure --enable-static
 
-To disable build of the static library and build only the shared library, use additional
-``--disable-static`` option.  Note that at least one version of the library needs to be
+To disable build of the shared library and build only the static library, use additional
+``--disable-shared`` option.  Note that at least one version of the library needs to be
 enabled.
 
 ::
 
-    ./waf configure --enable-shared --disable-static
+    ./waf configure --enable-static --disable-shared
 
 
-After shared library is built and installed, some systems require additional actions.
+After the shared library is built and installed, some systems require additional actions.
 
   - on Linux::
 
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 7eeab19..0521668 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@
                    dest='with_osx_keychain',
                    help='''On Darwin, do not use OSX keychain as a default TPM''')
 
-    opt.add_option('--enable-static', action='store_true', default=True,
-                   dest='enable_static', help='''Build static library (enabled by default)''')
-    opt.add_option('--disable-static', action='store_false', default=True,
-                   dest='enable_static', help='''Do not build static library (enabled by default)''')
+    opt.add_option('--enable-static', action='store_true', default=False,
+                   dest='enable_static', help='''Build static library (disabled by default)''')
+    opt.add_option('--disable-static', action='store_false', default=False,
+                   dest='enable_static', help='''Do not build static library (disabled by default)''')
 
-    opt.add_option('--enable-shared', action='store_true', default=False,
-                   dest='enable_shared', help='''Build shared library (disabled by default)''')
-    opt.add_option('--disable-shared', action='store_false', default=False,
-                   dest='enable_shared', help='''Do not build shared library (disabled by default)''')
+    opt.add_option('--enable-shared', action='store_true', default=True,
+                   dest='enable_shared', help='''Build shared library (enabled by default)''')
+    opt.add_option('--disable-shared', action='store_false', default=True,
+                   dest='enable_shared', help='''Do not build shared library (enabled by default)''')
 
 def configure(conf):
     conf.start_msg('Building static library')