diff --git a/docs/Bed_Mesh.md b/docs/Bed_Mesh.md
index 34ac2768..8628b643 100644
--- a/docs/Bed_Mesh.md
+++ b/docs/Bed_Mesh.md
@@ -399,6 +399,26 @@ is not desirable the _default_ profile can be removed as follows:
 Any other saved profile can be removed in the same fashion, replacing
 _default_ with the named profile you wish to remove.
 
+
+#### Loading the default profile
+
+Previous versions of `bed_mesh` always loaded the profile named _default_
+on startup if it was present.  This behavior has been removed in favor of
+allowing the user to determine when a profile is loaded.  If a user wishes to
+load the `default` profile it is recommended to add
+`BED_MESH_PROFILE LOAD=default` to either their `START_PRINT` macro or their
+slicer's "Start G-Code" configuration, whichever is applicable.
+
+Alternatively the old behavior of loading a profile at startup can be
+restored with a `[delayed_gcode]`:
+
+```ini
+[delayed_gcode bed_mesh_init]
+initial_duration: .01
+gcode:
+  BED_MESH_PROFILE LOAD=default
+```
+
 ### Output
 
 `BED_MESH_OUTPUT PGP=[0 | 1]`
diff --git a/docs/Config_Changes.md b/docs/Config_Changes.md
index c22ed1fa..f77a9bd9 100644
--- a/docs/Config_Changes.md
+++ b/docs/Config_Changes.md
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ All dates in this document are approximate.
 
 ## Changes
 
+20230201:  The `[bed_mesh]` module no longer loads the `default` profile
+on startup.  It is recommended that users who use the `default` profile
+add `BED_MESH_PROFILE LOAD=default` to their `START_PRINT` macro (or
+to their slicer's "Start G-Code" configuration when applicable).
+
 20230103: It is now possible with the flash-sdcard.sh script to flash
 both variants of the Bigtreetech SKR-2, STM32F407 and STM32F429.
 This means that the original tag of btt-skr2 now has changed to either