diff --git a/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown b/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown
index b43a1e56..e4b3099e 100644
--- a/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ COMPASS CHANGELOG
 * Compass Validator has been upgraded and fine-tuned. It is now using the "css3" profile
   to validate and provides a more consistent UI with other compass commands. To upgrade:
   `gem install compass-validator`
+* [CSS3] The box-shadow `$spread` value now defaults to using the browser default instead of 0.
+  Set $default-box-shadow-spread to 0 if you prefer the older behavior. Since the browser is supposed
+  to default to 0, you should see no change except less CSS output.
 
 0.10.6 (10/11/2010)
 -------------------
diff --git a/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_box-shadow.scss b/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_box-shadow.scss
index 6d7dcd29..cf111806 100644
--- a/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_box-shadow.scss
+++ b/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_box-shadow.scss
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $default-box-shadow-v-offset: 1px !default;
 $default-box-shadow-blur: 5px !default;
 
 // The default spread length.
-$default-box-shadow-spread : 0 !default;
+$default-box-shadow-spread : false !default;
 
 // The default shadow instet: inset or false (for standard shadow).
 $default-box-shadow-inset : false !default;