diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index 7c1f34d0..a3e8addb 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Changes:
 - logging: Prefer the <a> element content as name instead of the title
   attribute.
   Closes: SF bug #3023483
+- logging: Use semicolon as default separator for CSV files so it opens
+  in Excel initially.
 
 Features:
 - ftp: Detect and support UTF-8 filename encoding capability of FTP
diff --git a/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py b/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py
index b571bdc5..9ef8aad4 100644
--- a/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py
+++ b/linkcheck/configuration/__init__.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Configuration (dict):
         }
         self['csv'] = {
             "filename": "linkchecker-out.csv",
-            'separator': ',',
+            'separator': ';',
             "quotechar": '"',
         }
         self['blacklist'] = {
diff --git a/linkcheck/logger/csvlog.py b/linkcheck/logger/csvlog.py
index df0b785b..905f2a3e 100644
--- a/linkcheck/logger/csvlog.py
+++ b/linkcheck/logger/csvlog.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from .. import strformat, configuration
 class CSVLogger (Logger):
     """
     CSV output, consisting of one line per entry. Entries are
-    separated by a semicolon.
+    separated by a separator (a semicolon per default).
     """
 
     def __init__ (self, **args):