diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb9df4a2..19de9fd4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ mdadm | Exposes statistics about devices in `/proc/mdstat` (does nothing if no `
 meminfo | Exposes memory statistics. | Darwin, Dragonfly, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD
 netdev | Exposes network interface statistics such as bytes transferred. | Darwin, Dragonfly, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD
 netstat | Exposes network statistics from `/proc/net/netstat`. This is the same information as `netstat -s`. | Linux
-nfsd | Exposes NFS kernel server statistics from `/proc/net/rpc/nfsd`. | Linux
+nfs | Exposes NFS client statistics from `/proc/net/rpc/nfs`. This is the same information as `nfsstat -c`. | Linux
+nfsd | Exposes NFS kernel server statistics from `/proc/net/rpc/nfsd`. This is the same information as `nfsstat -s`. | Linux
 sockstat | Exposes various statistics from `/proc/net/sockstat`. | Linux
 stat | Exposes various statistics from `/proc/stat`. This includes boot time, forks and interrupts. | Linux
 textfile | Exposes statistics read from local disk. The `--collector.textfile.directory` flag must be set. | _any_
@@ -66,7 +67,6 @@ ksmd | Exposes kernel and system statistics from `/sys/kernel/mm/ksm`. | Linux
 logind | Exposes session counts from [logind](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind/). | Linux
 meminfo\_numa | Exposes memory statistics from `/proc/meminfo_numa`. | Linux
 mountstats | Exposes filesystem statistics from `/proc/self/mountstats`. Exposes detailed NFS client statistics. | Linux
-nfs | Exposes NFS client statistics from `/proc/net/rpc/nfs`. This is the same information as `nfsstat -c`. | Linux
 ntp | Exposes local NTP daemon health to check [time](./docs/TIME.md) | _any_
 qdisc | Exposes [queuing discipline](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_scheduler#Linux_kernel) statistics | Linux
 runit | Exposes service status from [runit](http://smarden.org/runit/). | _any_
diff --git a/collector/nfs_linux.go b/collector/nfs_linux.go
index ff3d529c..9f6cf297 100644
--- a/collector/nfs_linux.go
+++ b/collector/nfs_linux.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type nfsCollector struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	registerCollector("nfs", defaultDisabled, NewNfsCollector)
+	registerCollector("nfs", defaultEnabled, NewNfsCollector)
 }
 
 // NewNfsCollector returns a new Collector exposing NFS statistics.