diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a890ed8be..533150936 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Running Pravega benchmark tool locally:
 usage: pravega-benchmark
  -consumers <arg>                    Number of consumers
  -controller <arg>                   Controller URI
- -enableConnectionPooling <arg>      Set to false to disable connection
+ -enableConnectionPooling <arg>      Set to true to enable connection
                                      pooling
  -events <arg>                       Number of events/records if 'time'
                                      not specified;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/pravega/perf/PravegaPerfTest.java b/src/main/java/io/pravega/perf/PravegaPerfTest.java
index 779935aa2..7ee1db517 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/pravega/perf/PravegaPerfTest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/pravega/perf/PravegaPerfTest.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         options.addOption("readcsv", true, "CSV file to record read latencies");
         options.addOption("writethroughputcsv", true, "CSV file to record write throughput");
         options.addOption("readthroughputcsv", true, "CSV file to record read throughput");
-        options.addOption("enableConnectionPooling", true, "Set to false to disable connection pooling");
+        options.addOption("enableConnectionPooling", false, "Set to true to enable connection pooling");
         options.addOption("writeWatermarkPeriodMillis", true,
                 "If -1 (default), watermarks will not be written.\n" +
                 "If 0 and not using transactions, watermarks will be written after every event.\n" +
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static private abstract class Test {
                 reportingInterval = DEFAULT_REPORTING_INTERVAL;
             }
 
-            enableConnectionPooling = Boolean.parseBoolean(commandline.getOptionValue("enableConnectionPooling", "true"));
+            enableConnectionPooling = Boolean.parseBoolean(commandline.getOptionValue("enableConnectionPooling", "false"));
 
             writeWatermarkPeriodMillis = Long.parseLong(commandline.getOptionValue("writeWatermarkPeriodMillis", "-1"));
             readWatermarkPeriodMillis = Long.parseLong(commandline.getOptionValue("readWatermarkPeriodMillis", "-1"));