diff --git a/norconex-collector-core/src/changes/changes.xml b/norconex-collector-core/src/changes/changes.xml
index 7ed93c6..9bdf373 100644
--- a/norconex-collector-core/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/norconex-collector-core/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
         given once chance to recover before a deletion request gets sent.
         This can be overwritten.
       </action>
+      <action dev="essiembre" type="update">
+        The OrphansStrategy default in crawler config is now PROCESS
+        to get around cases where temporary conditions prevent accessing
+        some documents that normally should (and should not avoid re-processing
+        on incremental crawls).  
+      </action>
       <action dev="essiembre" type="update">
         MD5DocumentChecksummer#setField(String) has been deprecated in favor
         of MD5DocumentChecksummer#setFields(String...).
diff --git a/norconex-collector-core/src/main/java/com/norconex/collector/core/crawler/AbstractCrawlerConfig.java b/norconex-collector-core/src/main/java/com/norconex/collector/core/crawler/AbstractCrawlerConfig.java
index 28abc5f..2b27d82 100644
--- a/norconex-collector-core/src/main/java/com/norconex/collector/core/crawler/AbstractCrawlerConfig.java
+++ b/norconex-collector-core/src/main/java/com/norconex/collector/core/crawler/AbstractCrawlerConfig.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 2014 Norconex Inc.
+/* Copyright 2014-2015 Norconex Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCrawlerConfig implements ICrawlerConfig {
     private int numThreads = 2;
     private File workDir = new File("./work");
     private int maxDocuments = -1;
-    private OrphansStrategy orphansStrategy = OrphansStrategy.IGNORE;
+    private OrphansStrategy orphansStrategy = OrphansStrategy.PROCESS;
     
     private ICrawlDataStoreFactory crawlDataStoreFactory = 
             new MapDBCrawlDataStoreFactory();
diff --git a/norconex-collector-core/src/main/java/com/norconex/collector/core/crawler/ICrawlerConfig.java b/norconex-collector-core/src/main/java/com/norconex/collector/core/crawler/ICrawlerConfig.java
index 65c00cc..7be8455 100644
--- a/norconex-collector-core/src/main/java/com/norconex/collector/core/crawler/ICrawlerConfig.java
+++ b/norconex-collector-core/src/main/java/com/norconex/collector/core/crawler/ICrawlerConfig.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright 2014 Norconex Inc.
+/* Copyright 2014-2015 Norconex Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -80,14 +80,28 @@ enum OrphansStrategy {
     int getMaxDocuments();
     
     /**
-     * Gets the strategy to adopt when there are orphans.  Orphans are
+     * <p>Gets the strategy to adopt when there are orphans.  Orphans are
      * references that were processed in a previous run, but were not in the
      * current run.  In other words, they are leftovers from a previous run
      * that were not re-encountered in the current.
-     * <br><br>
+     * </p><p>
      * Unless explicitly stated otherwise by an implementing class, the default
-     * strategy is to DELETE orphans.  Setting a <code>null</code> value is
-     * the same as setting IGNORE.
+     * strategy is to <code>PROCESS</code> orphans. 
+     * Setting a <code>null</code> value is the same as setting 
+     * <code>IGNORE</code>.
+     * </p><p>
+     * Since 1.2.0, unless otherwise stated in implementing classes, 
+     * the default orphan strategy is now <code>PROCESS</code>.
+     * </p><p>
+     * <b>Be careful:</b> Setting the orphan strategy to <code>DELETE</code>
+     * is NOT recommended in most cases. With some collectors, a temporary
+     * failure such as a network outage or a web page timing out, may cause
+     * some documents not to be crawled. When this happens, unreachable
+     * documents would be considered "orphans" and be deleted while under 
+     * normal circumstances, they should be kept.  Re-processing them
+     * (default), is usually the safest approach to confirm they still
+     * exist before deleting or updating them.
+     * </p>
      * @return orphans strategy
      */
     OrphansStrategy getOrphansStrategy();