diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
index 612b95c8c..c6b2cc5b2 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ OPTIONS
              MULTIPLE_WEAKSELF (enabled by default),
              MUTABLE_LOCAL_VARIABLE_IN_COMPONENT_FILE (enabled by default),
              Missing_fld (enabled by default),
-             NULLPTR_DEREFERENCE (disabled by default),
+             NULLPTR_DEREFERENCE (enabled by default),
              NULL_DEREFERENCE (enabled by default),
              OPTIONAL_EMPTY_ACCESS (disabled by default),
              PARAMETER_NOT_NULL_CHECKED (enabled by default),
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt
index 8fbda9c7c..867289276 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-report.txt
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ OPTIONS
              MULTIPLE_WEAKSELF (enabled by default),
              MUTABLE_LOCAL_VARIABLE_IN_COMPONENT_FILE (enabled by default),
              Missing_fld (enabled by default),
-             NULLPTR_DEREFERENCE (disabled by default),
+             NULLPTR_DEREFERENCE (enabled by default),
              NULL_DEREFERENCE (enabled by default),
              OPTIONAL_EMPTY_ACCESS (disabled by default),
              PARAMETER_NOT_NULL_CHECKED (enabled by default),
diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
index 886e90cf0..b9e0addff 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer.txt
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ OPTIONS
              MULTIPLE_WEAKSELF (enabled by default),
              MUTABLE_LOCAL_VARIABLE_IN_COMPONENT_FILE (enabled by default),
              Missing_fld (enabled by default),
-             NULLPTR_DEREFERENCE (disabled by default),
+             NULLPTR_DEREFERENCE (enabled by default),
              NULL_DEREFERENCE (enabled by default),
              OPTIONAL_EMPTY_ACCESS (disabled by default),
              PARAMETER_NOT_NULL_CHECKED (enabled by default),
diff --git a/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml b/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml
index 78fe74de0..b18ac0594 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ let null_dereference =
 
 
 let nullptr_dereference =
-  register ~enabled:false ~id:"NULLPTR_DEREFERENCE" Error Pulse
+  register ~id:"NULLPTR_DEREFERENCE" Error Pulse
     ~user_documentation:"See [NULL_DEREFERENCE](#null_dereference)."