diff --git a/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json b/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
index bf46955e81..78ecea608a 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
+++ b/docs/plugins/gst_plugins_cache.json
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
                         "blurb": "Human-readable name of the sound card",
                         "construct": false,
                         "construct-only": false,
-                        "default": "HDA Intel PCH",
+                        "default": "",
                         "type-name": "gchararray",
                         "writable": false
                     },
diff --git a/ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c b/ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c
index e1bb7d7ebb..862b2a5ed5 100644
--- a/ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c
+++ b/ext/alsa/gstalsasink.c
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ gst_alsasink_class_init (GstAlsaSinkClass * klass)
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_CARD_NAME,
       g_param_spec_string ("card-name", "Card name",
           "Human-readable name of the sound card", DEFAULT_CARD_NAME,
-          G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
+          G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS |
+          GST_PARAM_DOC_SHOW_DEFAULT));
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c b/ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c
index 5f5a17bd94..5fdf2dde73 100644
--- a/ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c
+++ b/ext/alsa/gstalsasrc.c
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ gst_alsasrc_class_init (GstAlsaSrcClass * klass)
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_CARD_NAME,
       g_param_spec_string ("card-name", "Card name",
           "Human-readable name of the sound card",
-          DEFAULT_PROP_CARD_NAME, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
+          DEFAULT_PROP_CARD_NAME, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS
+          | GST_PARAM_DOC_SHOW_DEFAULT));
 
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class, PROP_USE_DRIVER_TIMESTAMP,
       g_param_spec_boolean ("use-driver-timestamps", "Use driver timestamps",