Index: head/UPDATING
===================================================================
--- head/UPDATING
+++ head/UPDATING
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
 	disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
 	"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
 
+20180818:
+	The default interpreter has been switched from 4th to Lua.
+	LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP, documented in build(7), will override the default
+	interpreter.  If you have custom FORTH code you will need to set
+	LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP=4th (valid values are 4th, lua or simp) in
+	src.conf for the build.  This will create default hard links between
+	loader and loader_4th instead of loader and loader_lua, the new default.
+	If you are using UEFI it will create the proper hard link to loader.efi.
+
 20180815:
 	ls(1) now respects the COLORTERM environment variable used in other
 	systems and software to indicate that a colored terminal is both
Index: head/stand/defs.mk
===================================================================
--- head/stand/defs.mk
+++ head/stand/defs.mk
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@
 #
 # Have a sensible default
 #
-.if ${MK_FORTH} == "yes"
-LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP?=4th
-.elif ${MK_LOADER_LUA} == "yes"
+.if ${MK_LOADER_LUA} == "yes"
 LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP?=lua
+.elif ${MK_FORTH} == "yes"
+LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP?=4th
 .else
 LOADER_DEFAULT_INTERP?=simp
 .endif