diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstcudaipcsink.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstcudaipcsink.cpp
index 58437f9b80..1c2f90f96d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstcudaipcsink.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstcudaipcsink.cpp
@@ -166,9 +166,10 @@ gst_cuda_ipc_sink_class_init (GstCudaIpcSinkClass * klass)
   g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_ADDRESS,
       g_param_spec_string ("address", "Address",
           "Server address. Specifies name of WIN32 named pipe "
-          "or unix domain socket path on Linux",
-          DEFAULT_ADDRESS, (GParamFlags) (G_PARAM_READWRITE |
-              G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | GST_PARAM_MUTABLE_READY)));
+          "or unix domain socket path on Linux", "",
+          (GParamFlags) (G_PARAM_READWRITE |
+              G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | GST_PARAM_MUTABLE_READY |
+              GST_PARAM_DOC_SHOW_DEFAULT)));
 
   g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_IPC_MODE,
       g_param_spec_enum ("ipc-mode", "IPC Mode",
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstcudaipcsrc.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstcudaipcsrc.cpp
index 098104b976..409885cff1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstcudaipcsrc.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/gstcudaipcsrc.cpp
@@ -152,9 +152,10 @@ gst_cuda_ipc_src_class_init (GstCudaIpcSrcClass * klass)
   g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_ADDRESS,
       g_param_spec_string ("address", "Address",
           "Server address. Specifies name of WIN32 named pipe "
-          "or unix domain socket path on Linux",
-          DEFAULT_ADDRESS, (GParamFlags) (G_PARAM_READWRITE |
-              G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | GST_PARAM_MUTABLE_READY)));
+          "or unix domain socket path on Linux", "",
+          (GParamFlags) (G_PARAM_READWRITE |
+              G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS | GST_PARAM_MUTABLE_READY |
+              GST_PARAM_DOC_SHOW_DEFAULT)));
 
   g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_PROCESSING_DEADLINE,
       g_param_spec_uint64 ("processing-deadline", "Processing deadline",