diff --git a/mozilla/editor/ui/composer.js b/mozilla/editor/ui/composer.js
index b6a9e3f1a73..13d1ab1acd0 100644
--- a/mozilla/editor/ui/composer.js
+++ b/mozilla/editor/ui/composer.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pref("editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines",     1);
 
 pref("editor.history.url_maximum", 10);
 
-pref("editor.quotesPreformatted",            true);
+pref("editor.quotesPreformatted",            false);
 
 pref("editor.publish.",                      "");
 
diff --git a/mozilla/modules/libpref/src/init/editor.js b/mozilla/modules/libpref/src/init/editor.js
index b6a9e3f1a73..13d1ab1acd0 100644
--- a/mozilla/modules/libpref/src/init/editor.js
+++ b/mozilla/modules/libpref/src/init/editor.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pref("editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines",     1);
 
 pref("editor.history.url_maximum", 10);
 
-pref("editor.quotesPreformatted",            true);
+pref("editor.quotesPreformatted",            false);
 
 pref("editor.publish.",                      "");