diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0baa6acc25..f768a6eccd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #13028 Always show 100% in font selector
 - issue #13047 Fix query simulating for more servers
 - issue #12846 Fix new version check for sites with wrongly configured curl
+- issue #12951 When exporting to Excel, the default is now to include column names in the first row
 
 4.6.6 (2017-01-23)
 - issue #12759 Fix Notice regarding 'Undefined index: old_usergroup'
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index 061ee88bf6..4aca4a657e 100644
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ $cfg['Export']['csv_removeCRLF'] = false;
  *
  * @global boolean $cfg['Export']['excel_columns']
  */
-$cfg['Export']['excel_columns'] = false;
+$cfg['Export']['excel_columns'] = true;
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/libraries/di/Container.php b/libraries/di/Container.php
index ff2bab83fd..cce98ad980 100644
--- a/libraries/di/Container.php
+++ b/libraries/di/Container.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Container
      * Get an object with given name and parameters
      *
      * @param string $name   Name
-     * @param array  $params Paramters
+     * @param array  $params Parameters
      *
      * @return mixed
      */