diff --git a/Documentation/config-labels.txt b/Documentation/config-labels.txt
index 66b0c7c..a40c5f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-labels.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-labels.txt
@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@
 the commit message is different. This can be used to enable sticky
 approvals on labels that only depend on the code, reducing turn-around
 if only the commit message is changed prior to submitting a change.
-It is recommended to enable this for the Verified label if enabled.
+For the Verified label that is installed by the link:pgm-init.html[init]
+site program this is enabled by default.
 Defaults to false.
 
 [[label_copyAllScoresIfNoChange]]
diff --git a/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/InitLabels.java b/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/InitLabels.java
index 8fb05ca..b6b4cc1 100644
--- a/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/InitLabels.java
+++ b/gerrit-pgm/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/init/InitLabels.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 @Singleton
 public class InitLabels implements InitStep {
+  private static final String KEY_COPY_ALL_SCORES_IF_NO_CODE_CHANGE =
+      "copyAllScoresIfNoCodeChange";
   private static final String KEY_LABEL = "label";
   private static final String KEY_FUNCTION = "function";
   private static final String KEY_VALUE = "value";
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@
       cfg.setString(KEY_LABEL, LABEL_VERIFIED, KEY_FUNCTION, "MaxWithBlock");
       cfg.setStringList(KEY_LABEL, LABEL_VERIFIED, KEY_VALUE,
           Arrays.asList(new String[] {"-1 Fails", " 0 No score", "+1 Verified"}));
+      cfg.setBoolean(KEY_LABEL, LABEL_VERIFIED, KEY_COPY_ALL_SCORES_IF_NO_CODE_CHANGE, true);
       allProjectsConfig.save("Configure 'Verified' label");
     }
   }