diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index cb9c0374b..ba9bd5a8f 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ Data type: `Variant[String, Array[String]]`
 
 
 
-Default value: `"${log_dir}/stream-access.log"`
+Default value: `'off'`
 
 ##### <a name="-nginx--stream_custom_format_log"></a>`stream_custom_format_log`
 
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 33b067c91..dee28c30a 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   Stdlib::Filemode $log_mode                                 = $nginx::params::log_mode,
   Variant[String, Array[String]] $http_access_log            = "${log_dir}/access.log",
   Optional[String] $http_format_log                          = undef,
-  Variant[String, Array[String]] $stream_access_log          = "${log_dir}/stream-access.log",
+  Variant[String, Array[String]] $stream_access_log          = 'off',
   Optional[String] $stream_custom_format_log                 = undef,
   Variant[String, Array[String]] $nginx_error_log            = "${log_dir}/error.log",
   Nginx::ErrorLogSeverity $nginx_error_log_severity          = 'error',