diff --git a/commands/hugo.go b/commands/hugo.go
index e04a8a0d1..982c23eb5 100644
--- a/commands/hugo.go
+++ b/commands/hugo.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func InitializeConfig() {
 	viper.SetDefault("FootnoteAnchorPrefix", "")
 	viper.SetDefault("FootnoteReturnLinkContents", "")
 	viper.SetDefault("NewContentEditor", "")
-	viper.SetDefault("Blackfriday", map[string]bool{"angledQuotes": false, "documentIDAnchor": true})
+	viper.SetDefault("Blackfriday", map[string]bool{"angledQuotes": false, "plainIdAnchors": false})
 
 	if hugoCmdV.PersistentFlags().Lookup("buildDrafts").Changed {
 		viper.Set("BuildDrafts", Draft)
diff --git a/docs/content/overview/configuration.md b/docs/content/overview/configuration.md
index 1c9e2c969..1f91ea3ed 100644
--- a/docs/content/overview/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/content/overview/configuration.md
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ But Hugo does expose some options -- in the table below matched with the corresp
 Flag | Default | Blackfriday flag | Purpose
 --- | --- | --- | ---
 angledQuotes | false | HTML_SMARTYPANTS_ANGLED_QUOTES |  Enable angled double quotes (`« »`)
-documentIDAnchor | true | FootnoteAnchorPrefix and HeaderIDSuffix |  Enable the prepending / appending of the unique document ID to the footnote and header anchor IDs
+plainIdAnchors | false | FootnoteAnchorPrefix and HeaderIDSuffix |  If true, then header and footnote IDs are generated without the document ID (so, `#my-header` instead of `#my-header:bec3ed8ba720b9073ab75abcf3ba5d97`)
 
 **Note** that these flags must be grouped under the `blackfriday` key and can be set on **both site and page level**. If set on page, it will override the site setting.
 
 ```
 blackfriday:
   angledQuotes = true
-  documentIDAnchor = false
+  plainIdAnchors = true
 ```
 
 ## Notes
diff --git a/helpers/content.go b/helpers/content.go
index 8770c88e7..e8c086a33 100644
--- a/helpers/content.go
+++ b/helpers/content.go
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ func GetHtmlRenderer(defaultFlags int, ctx RenderingContext) blackfriday.Rendere
 		FootnoteReturnLinkContents: viper.GetString("FootnoteReturnLinkContents"),
 	}
 
-	if m, ok := ctx.ConfigFlags["documentIDAnchor"]; ok && m && len(ctx.DocumentId) != 0 {
+	b := len(ctx.DocumentId) != 0
+
+	if m, ok := ctx.ConfigFlags["plainIdAnchors"]; b && ((ok && !m) || !ok) {
 		renderParameters.FootnoteAnchorPrefix = ctx.DocumentId + ":" + renderParameters.FootnoteAnchorPrefix
 		renderParameters.HeaderIDSuffix = ":" + ctx.DocumentId
 	}