diff --git a/spine-starling/spine-starling/src/spine/starling/SkeletonAnimation.as b/spine-starling/spine-starling/src/spine/starling/SkeletonAnimation.as
index 9a801c395..c4ab93805 100644
--- a/spine-starling/spine-starling/src/spine/starling/SkeletonAnimation.as
+++ b/spine-starling/spine-starling/src/spine/starling/SkeletonAnimation.as
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ public class SkeletonAnimation extends SkeletonSprite implements IAnimatable {
 	public var state:AnimationState;
 	public var timeScale:Number = 1;
 
-	public function SkeletonAnimation (skeletonData:SkeletonData, renderMeshes:Boolean = false, stateData:AnimationStateData = null) {
+	/** @param renderMeshes If false, meshes won't be rendered. This may improve batching with non-Spine display objects. */
+	public function SkeletonAnimation (skeletonData:SkeletonData, renderMeshes:Boolean = true, stateData:AnimationStateData = null) {
 		super(skeletonData, renderMeshes);
 		state = new AnimationState(stateData ? stateData : new AnimationStateData(skeletonData));
 	}
diff --git a/spine-starling/spine-starling/src/spine/starling/SkeletonSprite.as b/spine-starling/spine-starling/src/spine/starling/SkeletonSprite.as
index e94dd2447..ffcd3a84c 100644
--- a/spine-starling/spine-starling/src/spine/starling/SkeletonSprite.as
+++ b/spine-starling/spine-starling/src/spine/starling/SkeletonSprite.as
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public class SkeletonSprite extends DisplayObject {
 	private var _batched:Boolean;
 	private var _smoothing:String = "bilinear";
 
-	public function SkeletonSprite (skeletonData:SkeletonData, renderMeshes:Boolean = false) {
+	/** @param renderMeshes If false, meshes won't be rendered. This may improve batching with non-Spine display objects. */
+	public function SkeletonSprite (skeletonData:SkeletonData, renderMeshes:Boolean = true) {
 		Bone.yDown = true;
 
 		if (renderMeshes) _polygonBatch = new PolygonBatch();