diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
             {"minconf", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ "0",
              "Only include transactions confirmed at least this many times."},
             {"include_watchonly", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,
-             /* default */ "false",
+             /* default */ "true for watch-only wallets, otherwise false",
              "Also include balance in watch-only addresses (see "
              "'importaddress')"},
             {"avoid_reuse", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,
@@ -1353,7 +1353,8 @@
             {"include_empty", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false",
              "Whether to include addresses that haven't received any "
              "payments."},
-            {"include_watchonly", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false",
+            {"include_watchonly", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,
+             /* default */ "true for watch-only wallets, otherwise false",
              "Whether to include watch-only addresses (see 'importaddress')."},
             {"address_filter", RPCArg::Type::STR,
              RPCArg::Optional::OMITTED_NAMED_ARG,
@@ -1421,7 +1422,7 @@
             {"include_empty", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false",
              "Whether to include labels that haven't received any payments."},
             {"include_watchonly", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,
-             /* default */ "false",
+             /* default */ "true for watch-only wallets, otherwise false",
              "Whether to include watch-only addresses (see 'importaddress')."},
         },
         RPCResult{"[\n"
@@ -1574,7 +1575,8 @@
              "The number of transactions to return"},
             {"skip", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ "0",
              "The number of transactions to skip"},
-            {"include_watchonly", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false",
+            {"include_watchonly", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,
+             /* default */ "true for watch-only wallets, otherwise false",
              "Include transactions to watch-only addresses (see "
              "'importaddress')"},
         },
@@ -1731,7 +1733,8 @@
              "Return the nth block hash from the main chain. e.g. 1 would mean "
              "the best block hash. Note: this is not used as a filter, but "
              "only affects [lastblock] in the return value"},
-            {"include_watchonly", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false",
+            {"include_watchonly", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,
+             /* default */ "true for watch-only wallets, otherwise false",
              "Include transactions to watch-only addresses (see "
              "'importaddress')"},
             {"include_removed", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "true",
@@ -1927,7 +1930,7 @@
             {"txid", RPCArg::Type::STR, RPCArg::Optional::NO,
              "The transaction id"},
             {"include_watchonly", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,
-             /* default */ "false",
+             /* default */ "true for watch-only wallets, otherwise false",
              "Whether to include watch-only addresses in balance calculation "
              "and details[]"},
         },
@@ -3672,7 +3675,7 @@
                  {"changePosition", RPCArg::Type::NUM, /* default */ "",
                   "The index of the change output"},
                  {"includeWatching", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,
-                  /* default */ "false",
+                  /* default */ "true for watch-only wallets, otherwise false",
                   "Also select inputs which are watch only"},
                  {"lockUnspents", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false",
                   "Lock selected unspent outputs"},
@@ -4615,7 +4618,7 @@
                  {"changePosition", RPCArg::Type::NUM,
                   /* default */ "random", "The index of the change output"},
                  {"includeWatching", RPCArg::Type::BOOL,
-                  /* default */ "false",
+                  /* default */ "true for watch-only wallets, otherwise false",
                   "Also select inputs which are watch only"},
                  {"lockUnspents", RPCArg::Type::BOOL, /* default */ "false",
                   "Lock selected unspent outputs"},