diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5 b/doc/man/taskrc.5
index 61d9b96f8..d9e38bd94 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5
@@ -536,9 +536,10 @@ terminal, can be obtained by running the command:
 .B task color
 .RE
 
-
 .RS
-The coloration rules are:
+Note that no default values are listed here - the defaults now correspond to the
+dark-256.theme (Linux) and dark-16.theme (other) theme values.
+The coloration rules are as follows:
 .RE
 
 .RS