diff --git a/tests/test_ecommerce.py b/tests/test_ecommerce.py
index 41edff9..a8786c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_ecommerce.py
+++ b/tests/test_ecommerce.py
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ def test_parameters():
 
 
 def test_start_requests():
+    crawler = get_crawler()
     url = "https://example.com"
-    spider = EcommerceSpider(url=url)
+    spider = EcommerceSpider.from_crawler(crawler, url=url)
     requests = list(spider.start_requests())
     assert len(requests) == 1
     assert requests[0].url == url
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ def test_metadata():
         "param_schema": {
             "properties": {
                 "crawl_strategy": {
-                    "default": "navigation",
+                    "default": "full",
                     "title": "Crawl strategy",
                     "description": "Determines how the start URL and follow-up URLs are crawled.",
                     "type": "string",
@@ -367,13 +368,18 @@ def test_metadata():
                             "title": "Full",
                         },
                         "navigation": {
-                            "description": "Follow pagination, subcategories, and product detail pages.",
+                            "description": (
+                                "Follow pagination, subcategories, and "
+                                "product detail pages. Pagination Only is a "
+                                "better choice if the target URL does not "
+                                "have subcategories, or if Zyte API is "
+                                "misidentifying some URLs as subcategories."
+                            ),
                             "title": "Navigation",
                         },
                         "pagination_only": {
                             "description": (
-                                "Follow pagination and product detail pages. SubCategory links are ignored. "
-                                "Use this when some subCategory links are misidentified by ML-extraction."
+                                "Follow pagination and product detail pages. Subcategory links are ignored."
                             ),
                             "title": "Pagination Only",
                         },
diff --git a/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/ecommerce.py b/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/ecommerce.py
index b05b8bf..d0471a1 100644
--- a/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/ecommerce.py
+++ b/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/ecommerce.py
@@ -25,19 +25,22 @@ class EcommerceCrawlStrategy(str, Enum):
     extract as many products as possible."""
 
     navigation: str = "navigation"
-    """Follow pagination, subcategories, and product detail pages."""
+    """Follow pagination, subcategories, and product detail pages.
+
+    Pagination Only is a better choice if the target URL does not have
+    subcategories, or if Zyte API is misidentifying some URLs as subcategories.
+    """
 
     pagination_only: str = "pagination_only"
-    """Follow pagination and product detail pages. SubCategory links are
-    ignored. Use this when some subCategory links are misidentified by
-    ML-extraction."""
+    """Follow pagination and product detail pages. Subcategory links are
+    ignored."""
 
 
 class EcommerceSpiderParams(BaseSpiderParams):
     crawl_strategy: EcommerceCrawlStrategy = Field(
         title="Crawl strategy",
         description="Determines how the start URL and follow-up URLs are crawled.",
-        default=EcommerceCrawlStrategy.navigation,
+        default=EcommerceCrawlStrategy.full,
         json_schema_extra={
             "enumMeta": {
                 EcommerceCrawlStrategy.full: {
@@ -46,13 +49,17 @@ class EcommerceSpiderParams(BaseSpiderParams):
                 },
                 EcommerceCrawlStrategy.navigation: {
                     "title": "Navigation",
-                    "description": "Follow pagination, subcategories, and product detail pages.",
+                    "description": (
+                        "Follow pagination, subcategories, and product detail "
+                        "pages. Pagination Only is a better choice if the "
+                        "target URL does not have subcategories, or if Zyte "
+                        "API is misidentifying some URLs as subcategories."
+                    ),
                 },
                 EcommerceCrawlStrategy.pagination_only: {
                     "title": "Pagination Only",
                     "description": (
-                        "Follow pagination and product detail pages. SubCategory links are ignored. "
-                        "Use this when some subCategory links are misidentified by ML-extraction."
+                        "Follow pagination and product detail pages. Subcategory links are ignored."
                     ),
                 },
             },