1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index eb1f9b85..80c73b90 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ pub struct Opt {
     /// syntax highlighting.
     pub syntax_theme: Option<String>,
 
-    #[arg(long = "tabs", default_value = "4", value_name = "N")]
+    #[arg(long = "tabs", default_value = "8", value_name = "N")]
     /// The number of spaces to replace tab characters with.
     ///
     /// Use --tabs=0 to pass tab characters through directly, but note that in that case delta will