diff --git a/lib/puppet/defaults.rb b/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
index 7d41b7749e9..fd32a3e480c 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/defaults.rb
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ def self.initialize_default_settings!(settings)
       :mode => "0750",
       :desc => "The directory in which serialized data is stored, usually in a subdirectory."},
     :reports => {
-      :default    => "store",
+      :default    => "none",
       :desc       => "The list of report handlers to use. When using multiple report handlers,
         their names should be comma-separated, with whitespace allowed. (For example,
         `reports = http, store`.)
diff --git a/lib/puppet/reference/report.rb b/lib/puppet/reference/report.rb
index c678ab1a05b..57ecefb4b60 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/reference/report.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/reference/report.rb
@@ -19,4 +19,8 @@
 See [About Reporting](https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/reporting_about.html)
 for more details.
 
+none
+----
+Discard all reports received. This is the default handler when the `reports`
+setting is unset.
 "
diff --git a/lib/puppet/reports/store.rb b/lib/puppet/reports/store.rb
index 370e92d622c..0283b76f43f 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/reports/store.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/reports/store.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
     and this just stores the file on disk, in the `reportdir` directory.
 
     These files collect quickly -- one every half hour -- so it is a good idea
-    to perform some maintenance on them if you use this report (it's the only
-    default report)."
+    to perform some maintenance on them if you use this report."
 
   def process
     validate_host(host)