diff --git a/plugin/defaults.vim b/plugin/defaults.vim
index 01a3218..868add3 100644
--- a/plugin/defaults.vim
+++ b/plugin/defaults.vim
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ endif
 
 " HTML
 if !exists('g:formatdef_htmlbeautify')
-    let g:formatdef_htmlbeautify = '"html-beautify -f - -".(&expandtab ? "s ".shiftwidth() : "t")'
+    let g:formatdef_htmlbeautify = '"html-beautify - -".(&expandtab ? "s ".shiftwidth() : "t")'
 endif
 
 if !exists('g:formatdef_tidy_html')