diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f6d5a46..8ea4dc59 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ Parameters specific to author term pages (if the "authors" taxonomy is configure
 
 ```toml
 [paige.author]
+default = false # Whether to attribute pages without explicit authors to this author
 email = "" # Example: "example@example.com"
 name = "" # Example: "John Doe"
 url = "" # Example: "https://example.com"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/paige/func-authors.html b/layouts/partials/paige/func-authors.html
index 2d49aa52..0f99ab6d 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/paige/func-authors.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/paige/func-authors.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 {{ if and (not $result) $page.IsPage site.Taxonomies.authors }}
     {{ range $id, $taxonomy := site.Taxonomies.authors }}
-        {{ if eq $taxonomy.Page.Params.default true }}
+        {{ if eq $taxonomy.Page.Params.paige.author.default true }}
             {{ $result = $result | append $taxonomy.Page }}
         {{ end }}
     {{ end }}