diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f0980e..43f2247 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -589,6 +589,48 @@ func main() {
 }
 ```
 
+#### Default Values for help output
+
+Sometimes it's useful to specify a flag's default help-text value within the flag declaration. This can be useful if the default value for a flag is a computed value. The default value can be set via the `DefaultText` struct field.
+
+For example this:
+
+<!-- {
+  "args": ["&#45;&#45;help"],
+  "output": "&#45;&#45;port value"
+} -->
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+  "os"
+
+  "gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v2"
+)
+
+func main() {
+  app := &cli.App{
+    Flags: []cli.Flag{
+      &cli.IntFlag{
+        Name:    "port",
+        Usage:   "Use a randomized port",
+        Value: 0,
+        DefaultText: "random",
+      },
+    },
+  }
+
+  app.Run(os.Args)
+}
+```
+
+Will result in help output like:
+
+```
+--port value  Use a randomized port (default: random)
+```
+
+
 ### Subcommands
 
 Subcommands can be defined for a more git-like command line app.
diff --git a/flag.go b/flag.go
index 29010f2..10adca8 100644
--- a/flag.go
+++ b/flag.go
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ func stringifyFlag(f Flag) string {
 	helpText := fv.FieldByName("DefaultText")
 	if helpText.IsValid() && helpText.String() != "" {
 		needsPlaceholder = val.Kind() != reflect.Bool
-		defaultValueString = fmt.Sprintf(" (default: %q)", helpText.String())
+		defaultValueString = fmt.Sprintf(" (default: %s)", helpText.String())
 	}
 
 	if defaultValueString == " (default: )" {
diff --git a/flag_test.go b/flag_test.go
index be126f9..ccb1d45 100644
--- a/flag_test.go
+++ b/flag_test.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestStringFlagHelpOutput(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestStringFlagDefaultText(t *testing.T) {
 	flag := &StringFlag{Name: "foo", Aliases: nil, Usage: "amount of `foo` requested", Value: "none", DefaultText: "all of it"}
-	expected := "--foo foo\tamount of foo requested (default: \"all of it\")"
+	expected := "--foo foo\tamount of foo requested (default: all of it)"
 	output := flag.String()
 
 	if output != expected {