diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/BasicBlockSections.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/BasicBlockSections.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/BasicBlockSections.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/BasicBlockSections.cpp
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@
 
 // Placing the cold clusters in a separate section mitigates against poor
 // profiles and allows optimizations such as hugepage mapping to be applied at a
-// section granularity. Where necessary, users should set this to ".text.split."
-// which is recognized by lld via the `-z keep-text-section-prefix` flag.
+// section granularity. Defaults to ".text.split." which is recognized by lld
+// via the `-z keep-text-section-prefix` flag.
 cl::opt<std::string> llvm::BBSectionsColdTextPrefix(
     "bbsections-cold-text-prefix",
     cl::desc("The text prefix to use for cold basic block clusters"),
-    cl::init(".text.unlikely."), cl::Hidden);
+    cl::init(".text.split."), cl::Hidden);
 
 namespace {