diff --git a/examples/ansible.cfg b/examples/ansible.cfg
index 74aef7a024..87c089f45a 100644
--- a/examples/ansible.cfg
+++ b/examples/ansible.cfg
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 #no_log = False
 
 # prevents logging of tasks, but only on the targets, data is still logged on the master/controller
-#no_target_syslog = True
+#no_target_syslog = False
 
 # controls the compression level of variables sent to
 # worker processes. At the default of 0, no compression
diff --git a/lib/ansible/constants.py b/lib/ansible/constants.py
index 08d522fcb6..6faae928db 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/constants.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/constants.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ DEFAULT_VAR_COMPRESSION_LEVEL = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'var_compression_level',
 
 # disclosure
 DEFAULT_NO_LOG           = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'no_log', 'ANSIBLE_NO_LOG', False, boolean=True)
-DEFAULT_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG   = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'no_target_syslog', 'ANSIBLE_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG', True, boolean=True)
+DEFAULT_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG   = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'no_target_syslog', 'ANSIBLE_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG', False, boolean=True)
 
 # selinux
 DEFAULT_SELINUX_SPECIAL_FS = get_config(p, 'selinux', 'special_context_filesystems', None, 'fuse, nfs, vboxsf, ramfs', islist=True)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 64a3b51e5d..497143224a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
             module_args['_ansible_check_mode'] = True
 
         # set no log in the module arguments, if required
-        if self._play_context.no_log or not C.DEFAULT_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG:
+        if self._play_context.no_log or C.DEFAULT_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG:
             module_args['_ansible_no_log'] = True
 
         # set debug in the module arguments, if required
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/async.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/async.py
index 51e2413af2..8a7175aeb8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/async.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/async.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         env_string = self._compute_environment_string()
 
         module_args = self._task.args.copy()
-        if self._play_context.no_log or not C.DEFAULT_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG:
+        if self._play_context.no_log or C.DEFAULT_NO_TARGET_SYSLOG:
             module_args['_ansible_no_log'] = True
 
         # configure, upload, and chmod the target module