diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/App/Opt.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/App/Opt.hs
index 1bbf82522..413778216 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/App/Opt.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/App/Opt.hs
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ defaultOpts = Opt
     , optOutputFile            = Nothing
     , optInputFiles            = Nothing
     , optNumberSections        = False
-    , optNumberOffset          = [0,0,0,0,0,0]
+    , optNumberOffset          = []
     , optSectionDivs           = False
     , optIncremental           = False
     , optSelfContained         = False