diff --git a/Configurations.md b/Configurations.md
index b1baf487eaf..924757ed120 100644
--- a/Configurations.md
+++ b/Configurations.md
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ Show parse errors if the parser failed to parse files.
 
 - **Default value**: `true`
 - **Possible values**: `true`, `false`
-- **Stable**: Yes
+- **Stable**: No (tracking issue: [#5977](https://github.com/rust-lang/rustfmt/issues/5977))
 
 ## `ignore`
 
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index da26ecbe2ad..1a618586d6d 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ create_config! {
     disable_all_formatting: bool, false, true, "Don't reformat anything";
     skip_children: bool, false, false, "Don't reformat out of line modules";
     hide_parse_errors: bool, false, false, "(deprecated: use show_parse_errors instead)";
-    show_parse_errors: bool, true, true, "Show errors from the parser";
+    show_parse_errors: bool, true, false, "Show errors from the parser (unstable)";
     error_on_line_overflow: bool, false, false, "Error if unable to get all lines within max_width";
     error_on_unformatted: bool, false, false,
         "Error if unable to get comments or string literals within max_width, \
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ mod test {
             // hide_parse_errors renamed to show_parse_errors
             hide_parse_errors: bool, false, false,
                 "(deprecated: use show_parse_errors instead)";
-            show_parse_errors: bool, true, true,
-                "Show errors from the parser";
+            show_parse_errors: bool, true, false,
+                "Show errors from the parser (unstable)";
 
 
             // Width Heuristics