diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 22ca350f..af0fac83 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-02 Jan 2008 - 2.5.0-rc2
+21 Jan 2008 - 2.5.0-rc2
 -----------------------
 
+ * There are no longer any default transformations performed.
+
  * Implemented SecRuleUpdateActionById.
 
  * Phase 5 rules can now be removed via SecRuleRemoveBy* directives.
diff --git a/apache2/re.c b/apache2/re.c
index 606cde41..8872e71c 100644
--- a/apache2/re.c
+++ b/apache2/re.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ msre_actionset *msre_actionset_merge(msre_engine *engine, msre_actionset *parent
 msre_actionset *msre_actionset_create_default(msre_engine *engine) {
     char  *my_error_msg = NULL;
     return msre_actionset_create(engine,
-        "log,auditlog,deny,status:403,phase:2,t:lowercase,t:replaceNulls,t:compressWhitespace",
+        "log,auditlog,deny,status:403,phase:2",
         &my_error_msg);
 }
 
diff --git a/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml b/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml
index 0db38a1d..55a07bed 100644
--- a/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml
+++ b/doc/modsecurity2-apache-reference.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <title>ModSecurity Reference Manual</title>
 
   <articleinfo>
-    <releaseinfo>Version 2.5.0-rc1/ (January 10, 2008)</releaseinfo>
+    <releaseinfo>Version 2.5.0-rc1/ (January 21, 2008)</releaseinfo>
 
     <copyright>
       <year>2004-2008</year>
@@ -2859,13 +2859,8 @@ SecRule XML "@validateDTD /opt/apache-frontend/conf/xml.dtd"</programlisting>
       GET, HEAD, POST or if the HTTP is something other than HTTP/0.9, 1.0 or
       1.1.</para>
 
-      <programlisting format="linespecific">SecRule <emphasis>REQUEST_LINE</emphasis> "!(^((?:(?:pos|ge)t|head))|http/(0\.9|1\.0|1\.1)$)"</programlisting>
+      <programlisting format="linespecific">SecRule <emphasis>REQUEST_LINE</emphasis> "!(^((?:(?:pos|ge)t|head))|http/(0\.9|1\.0|1\.1)$)" t:none,t:lowercase</programlisting>
 
-      <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis></para>
-
-      <para>Due to the default action transformation function lowercase, the
-      regex strings should be in lowercase as well unless the t:none
-      transformation function is specified for this particular rule.</para>
     </section>
 
     <section>
@@ -2875,13 +2870,8 @@ SecRule XML "@validateDTD /opt/apache-frontend/conf/xml.dtd"</programlisting>
       Example: the following example will trigger if the Request Method is
       either CONNECT or TRACE.</para>
 
-      <programlisting format="linespecific">SecRule <emphasis>REQUEST_METHOD</emphasis> "^((?:connect|trace))$"</programlisting>
+      <programlisting format="linespecific">SecRule <emphasis>REQUEST_METHOD</emphasis> "^((?:connect|trace))$" t:none,t:lowercase</programlisting>
 
-      <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis></para>
-
-      <para>Due to the default action transformation function lowercase, the
-      regex strings should be in lowercase as well unless the t:none
-      transformation function is specified for this particular rule.</para>
     </section>
 
     <section>
@@ -2890,13 +2880,8 @@ SecRule XML "@validateDTD /opt/apache-frontend/conf/xml.dtd"</programlisting>
       <para>This variable holds the Request Protocol Version information.
       Example:</para>
 
-      <programlisting format="linespecific">SecRule <emphasis>REQUEST_PROTOCOL</emphasis> "!^http/(0\.9|1\.0|1\.1)$"</programlisting>
+      <programlisting format="linespecific">SecRule <emphasis>REQUEST_PROTOCOL</emphasis> "!^http/(0\.9|1\.0|1\.1)$" t:none,t:lowercase</programlisting>
 
-      <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis></para>
-
-      <para>Due to the default action transformation function lowercase, the
-      regex strings should be in lowercase as well unless the t:none
-      transformation function is specified for this particular rule.</para>
     </section>
 
     <section>
@@ -3420,8 +3405,8 @@ SecRule <emphasis>XML:/xq:employees/employee/name/text()</emphasis> Fred \
 
     <para><emphasis>Note</emphasis></para>
 
-    <para>The default transformation function setting is - lowercase,
-    replaceNulls and compressWhitespace (in this order).</para>
+    <para>There are no default transformation functions as there were in
+    previous versions of ModSecurity.</para>
 
     <para>The following rule will ensure that an attacker does not use mixed
     case in order to evade the ModSecurity rule:</para>
@@ -3436,7 +3421,7 @@ SecRule <emphasis>XML:/xq:employees/employee/name/text()</emphasis> Fred \
     <para><programlisting format="linespecific">SecRule ARG:p "xp_cmdshell" <emphasis>"t:urlDecode,t:lowercase"</emphasis></programlisting></para>
 
     <para>One can use the SecDefaultAction command to ensure the translation
-    occurs for every rule until the next. Note that translation actions are
+    occurs for every rule until the next. Note that transformation actions are
     additive, so if a rule explicitly list actions, the translation actions
     set by SecDefaultAction are still performed.</para>
 
@@ -3625,7 +3610,7 @@ SecRule <emphasis>XML:/xq:employees/employee/name/text()</emphasis> Fred \
       ones that are at the end of string and have one or two characters
       missing) will not be converted. If you want to detect invalid encodings
       use the <literal moreinfo="none">@validateUrlEncoding</literal>
-      operator. The transformational function should not be used against
+      operator. The transformation function should not be used against
       variables that have already been URL-decoded unless it is your intention
       to perform URL decoding twice!</para>
     </section>
@@ -5106,7 +5091,7 @@ end</programlisting>
         <listitem>
           <para>All matches are case-sensitive. If you do not care about case
           sensitivity you either need to implement the <literal
-          moreinfo="none">lowercase</literal> transformational function, or
+          moreinfo="none">lowercase</literal> transformation function, or
           use the per-pattern<literal moreinfo="none">(?i)</literal>modifier,
           as allowed by PCRE.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -5655,4 +5640,4 @@ Server: Apache/2.x.x
       </section>
     </section>
   </section>
-</article>
\ No newline at end of file
+</article>