diff --git a/doc/software-manual.tex b/doc/software-manual.tex
index cbe8e48afdd5354da7b4efb10f50aa0b7ea537aa..9f4991ca9a2546a2217d9605068709962f975fb5 100644
--- a/doc/software-manual.tex
+++ b/doc/software-manual.tex
@@ -1228,6 +1228,12 @@ Specifies the maximum number of merge candidates to use.
 Flag to disable intra PUs in inter slices.
 \\
 
+\Option{MMVD} &
+%\ShortOption{\None} &
+\Default{1} &
+Flag to enable MMVD in inter slices.
+\\
+
 \Option{MmvdDisNum} &
 %\ShortOption{\None} &
 \Default{6} &
diff --git a/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.cpp b/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.cpp
index 4e118265551014b3cf3d9a0a3a6b68d71930955e..2d4198e430dd84bc9afc3aff69d0099552f79654 100644
--- a/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.cpp
+++ b/source/App/EncoderApp/EncAppCfg.cpp
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ bool EncAppCfg::parseCfg( int argc, char* argv[] )
   ("DualITree",                                       m_dualTree,                                       false, "Use separate QTBT trees for intra slice luma and chroma channel types")
   ("SubPuMvp",                                       m_SubPuMvpMode,                                       0, "Enable Sub-PU temporal motion vector prediction (0:off, 1:ATMVP, 2:STMVP, 3:ATMVP+STMVP)  [default: off]")
 #if JVET_N0127_MMVD_SPS_FLAG 
-  ("MMVD",                                           m_MMVD,                                            false, "Merge mode with Motion Vector Difference")
+  ("MMVD",                                           m_MMVD,                                            true, "Enable Merge mode with Motion Vector Difference (0:off, 1:on)  [default: 1]")
 #endif 
   ("Affine",                                         m_Affine,                                         false, "Enable affine prediction (0:off, 1:on)  [default: off]")
   ("AffineType",                                     m_AffineType,                                     true,  "Enable affine type prediction (0:off, 1:on)  [default: on]" )