diff --git a/UPGRADING.md b/UPGRADING.md
index 2b14697..7ebd60d 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.md
+++ b/UPGRADING.md
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ textgrid.openTextgrid(
 ```
 tg.save(
   fn=name,
-  format= "short_textgrid",
-  includeBlankSpaces= False
+  format="short_textgrid",
+  includeBlankSpaces=True
 )
 ```
 
diff --git a/tutorials/tutorial1_intro_to_praatio.ipynb b/tutorials/tutorial1_intro_to_praatio.ipynb
index 47e82ba..39b61c2 100644
--- a/tutorials/tutorial1_intro_to_praatio.ipynb
+++ b/tutorials/tutorial1_intro_to_praatio.ipynb
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
     "tg.addTier(wordTier)\n",
     "tg.addTier(maxF0Tier)\n",
     "\n",
-    "tg.save(\"empty_textgrid.TextGrid\", format=\"short_textgrid\", includeBlankSpaces=False)"
+    "tg.save(\"empty_textgrid.TextGrid\", format=\"short_textgrid\", includeBlankSpaces=True)"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
     "    \n",
     "    tg = textgrid.Textgrid()\n",
     "    tg.addTier(wordTier)\n",
-    "    tg.save(join(outputPath, name + \".TextGrid\"), format=\"short_textgrid\", includeBlankSpaces=False)\n",
+    "    tg.save(join(outputPath, name + \".TextGrid\"), format=\"short_textgrid\", includeBlankSpaces=True)\n",
     "\n",
     "# Did it work?\n",
     "for fn in os.listdir(outputPath):\n",