diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json b/packages/angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json
index 98ef5f74a868..8a874deb3fe2 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@
             "format": {
               "type": "string",
               "description": "Output format (prose, json, stylish, verbose, pmd, msbuild, checkstyle, vso, fileslist, codeFrame).",
-              "default": "prose",
+              "default": "stylish",
               "anyOf": [
                 {
                   "enum": [
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tslint/schema.json b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tslint/schema.json
index cbe1d6779bff..64fa97adcf52 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tslint/schema.json
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/tslint/schema.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "format": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Output format (prose, json, stylish, verbose, pmd, msbuild, checkstyle, vso, fileslist).",
-      "default": "prose",
+      "default": "stylish",
       "anyOf": [
         {
           "enum": [