diff -up ./doc/configuration/modules/imfile.html.orig ./doc/configuration/modules/imfile.html
--- ./doc/configuration/modules/imfile.html.orig	2016-11-24 10:52:53.192779734 -0500
+++ ./doc/configuration/modules/imfile.html	2016-11-24 11:01:07.132961531 -0500
@@ -152,11 +152,12 @@ parts of that file.</p>
 <dt>
 <code class="descname">mode [&quot;inotify&quot;/&quot;polling&quot;]</code></dt>
 <dd><blockquote>
-<div><p><em>Default: &#8220;inotify&#8221;</em></p>
+<div><p><em>Default: &#8220;polling&#8221;</em></p>
 <p><em>Available since: 8.1.5</em></p>
 </div></blockquote>
 <p>This specifies if imfile is shall run in inotify (&#8220;inotify&#8221;) or polling
-(&#8220;polling&#8221;) mode. Traditionally, imfile used polling mode, which is
+(&#8220;polling&#8221;) mode. Traditionally, imfile used polling mode (and this option 
+is ON by default in rhel because of backwards compatibility), which is
 much more resource-intense (and slower) than inotify mode. It is
 suggested that users turn on &#8220;polling&#8221; mode only if they experience
 strange problems in inotify mode. In theory, there should never be a
@@ -675,4 +676,4 @@ $InputFilePollInterval 10
         &copy; Copyright 2008-2016, Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon.
     </div>
   </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>