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@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ DotEnv.Load(options: new DotEnvOptions(envFilePaths: new[] {"./path/to/env", "./
 
 To search up from the executing library's directory for an env file. The directories would be searched upwards i.e given a directory path `/path/to/var`,
 The `var` directory would be searched first, then the `to` directory and then the `path` directory. The options allow for probing the directories as well
-as specifying how high up to search.  *The defaults are `true` and `4` directories up*:
+as specifying how high up to search.  *The defaults are `false` and `4` directories up*:
 
 ```csharp
 DotEnv.Load(options: new DotEnvOptions(probeForEnv: true, probeLevelsToSearch: 2)); // this would only search 2 directories up from the executing directory.