diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.md b/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
index 1488e6c75c..fdf9e56371 100644
--- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ The Guava dependency version has been updated to 31.1. Projects may need to chec
 * **Performance** Improvement 2 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
 * **Performance** Improvement 3 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
 * **Performance** Improvement 4 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
-* **Performance** Improvement 5 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
+* **Performance** Unrolled record deletes (introduced in [3.3.309.0](#333090) are now on by default [(Issue #1942)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/1942)
 * **Feature** Feature 1 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
 * **Feature** Feature 2 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
 * **Feature** Feature 3 [(Issue #NNN)](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-record-layer/issues/NNN)
diff --git a/fdb-record-layer-core/src/main/java/com/apple/foundationdb/record/FDBRecordStoreProperties.java b/fdb-record-layer-core/src/main/java/com/apple/foundationdb/record/FDBRecordStoreProperties.java
index df1130c6a1..28d9ed934c 100644
--- a/fdb-record-layer-core/src/main/java/com/apple/foundationdb/record/FDBRecordStoreProperties.java
+++ b/fdb-record-layer-core/src/main/java/com/apple/foundationdb/record/FDBRecordStoreProperties.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public final class FDBRecordStoreProperties {
      * more efficient if the underlying FDB storage engine can more efficiently handle single-key clears.
      */
     public static final RecordLayerPropertyKey<Boolean> UNROLL_SINGLE_RECORD_DELETES = RecordLayerPropertyKey.booleanPropertyKey(
-            "com.apple.foundationdb.record.recordstore.unroll_single_record_deletes", false);
+            "com.apple.foundationdb.record.recordstore.unroll_single_record_deletes", true);
 
     private FDBRecordStoreProperties() {
         throw new RecordCoreException("should not instantiate class of static prop");