diff --git a/lisp/info.el b/lisp/info.el
index 13c57bdcd1..dc663bf761 100644
--- a/lisp/info.el
+++ b/lisp/info.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;; info.el --- Info package for Emacs  -*- lexical-binding:t -*-
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1985-1986, 1992-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
 ;; Keywords: help
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ Info-scroll-prefer-subnodes
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'info)
 
-(defcustom Info-hide-note-references t
+(defcustom Info-hide-note-references nil
   "If non-nil, hide the tag and section reference in *note and * menu items.
 If the value is t, the default, replace \"*note\" with \"see\".
 If the value is `hide', remove \"*note\" without replacing it with anything.