diff -up abook-0.6.0pre2/abookrc.5.p abook-0.6.0pre2/abookrc.5
--- abook-0.6.0pre2/abookrc.5.p	2006-09-04 21:24:13.000000000 +0200
+++ abook-0.6.0pre2/abookrc.5	2010-12-04 18:01:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ only preserve the standard fields (see a
 discards any unknown field.
 .RE
 .IP
-Default is \fIstandard\fP.
+Default is \fIall\fP.
 
 .TP
 \fBindex_format\fP=format_string
diff -up abook-0.6.0pre2/options.c.p abook-0.6.0pre2/options.c
--- abook-0.6.0pre2/options.c.p	2006-09-06 10:48:33.000000000 +0200
+++ abook-0.6.0pre2/options.c	2010-12-04 18:01:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static struct option abook_vars[] = {
 	{ "use_ascii_only", OT_BOOL, BOOL_USE_ASCII_ONLY, FALSE },
 
 	{ "add_email_prevent_duplicates", OT_BOOL, BOOL_ADD_EMAIL_PREVENT_DUPLICATES, FALSE },
-	{ "preserve_fields", OT_STR, STR_PRESERVE_FIELDS, UL "standard" },
+	{ "preserve_fields", OT_STR, STR_PRESERVE_FIELDS, UL "all" },
 	{ "sort_field", OT_STR, STR_SORT_FIELD, UL "nick" },
 	{ "show_cursor", OT_BOOL, BOOL_SHOW_CURSOR, FALSE },