diff --git a/config/install/navigation.settings.yml b/config/install/navigation.settings.yml
index d62c8586738c7ee9a6a060a6a3ba9933bff87ae5..86e323407743436137afa6057fd899f5a06f4374 100644
--- a/config/install/navigation.settings.yml
+++ b/config/install/navigation.settings.yml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-hide_top_bar: true
+show_top_bar: false
diff --git a/config/schema/navigation.schema.yml b/config/schema/navigation.schema.yml
index 01f29b8a063ec4a1152a0b0ffd8d98cdfea1048e..c3fab675a4fce80893d8d3ca5cf177e7f8e731f1 100644
--- a/config/schema/navigation.schema.yml
+++ b/config/schema/navigation.schema.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ navigation.settings:
   type: config_object
   label: 'Navigation settings'
   mapping:
-    hide_top_bar:
+    show_top_bar:
       type: boolean
-      label: 'Hide top bar'
+      label: 'Show top bar'
       constraints:
         NotNull: []
 
diff --git a/src/Form/SettingsForm.php b/src/Form/SettingsForm.php
index 4802ed6530f8641f4fd9513adea770ecca646879..9302baf2348f80a17425e11fc954bd0ad61eaf79 100644
--- a/src/Form/SettingsForm.php
+++ b/src/Form/SettingsForm.php
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ final class SettingsForm extends ConfigFormBase {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function buildForm(array $form, FormStateInterface $form_state): array {
-    $form['hide_top_bar'] = [
+    $form['show_top_bar'] = [
       '#type' => 'checkbox',
-      '#title' => $this->t('Hide top bar'),
-      '#description' => $this->t('The top bar is initially shown at the top of the page, click the checkbox to hide it.'),
-      '#default_value' => $this->config('navigation.settings')->get('hide_top_bar'),
+      '#title' => $this->t('Show Top Bar (experimental)'),
+      '#description' => $this->t('The Top Bar is an experimental feature that moves common administrative information and tasks on edit forms to the top of the page. This is part of a larger push to simplify and modernize the editorial interface.'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->config('navigation.settings')->get('show_top_bar'),
     ];
     return parent::buildForm($form, $form_state);
   }
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ final class SettingsForm extends ConfigFormBase {
    */
   public function submitForm(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state): void {
     $this->config('navigation.settings')
-      ->set('hide_top_bar', $form_state->getValue('hide_top_bar'))
+      ->set('show_top_bar', $form_state->getValue('show_top_bar'))
       ->save();
     parent::submitForm($form, $form_state);
   }
diff --git a/src/NavigationRenderer.php b/src/NavigationRenderer.php
index dcd8acaa1e2e63fb3cd25e3008142cc144c111e6..651082676c95075adc070b396c6681868ecfe4bb 100644
--- a/src/NavigationRenderer.php
+++ b/src/NavigationRenderer.php
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class NavigationRenderer {
     CacheableMetadata::createFromRenderArray($page_top['top_bar'])
       ->addCacheableDependency($navigation_settings)
       ->applyTo($page_top['top_bar']);
-    if ($navigation_settings->get('hide_top_bar') === TRUE) {
+    if ($navigation_settings->get('show_top_bar') === FALSE) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class NavigationRenderer {
     CacheableMetadata::createFromRenderArray($build)
       ->addCacheableDependency($navigation_settings)
       ->applyTo($build);
-    if ($this->hasLocalTasks() && !$navigation_settings->get('hide_top_bar')) {
+    if ($this->hasLocalTasks() && $navigation_settings->get('show_top_bar')) {
       $build['#access'] = FALSE;
     }
   }
diff --git a/tests/src/Functional/NavigationTopBarTest.php b/tests/src/Functional/NavigationTopBarTest.php
index e02c74a497009c981637bdd0e1b5f597e9183666..a1b156e8041e12ff852365f8d599d260cbb3dcfd 100644
--- a/tests/src/Functional/NavigationTopBarTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Functional/NavigationTopBarTest.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class NavigationTopBarTest extends BrowserTestBase {
     $this->assertSession()->elementExists('xpath', '//div[@id="block-tabs"]');
 
     $this->drupalGet('/admin/config/user-interface/navigation/settings');
-    $this->submitForm(['hide_top_bar' => FALSE], 'Save configuration');
+    $this->submitForm(['show_top_bar' => TRUE], 'Save configuration');
 
     // Top Bar is visible once the hide option is disabled.
     $this->drupalGet($this->node->toUrl());