diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 89c69ed9..572f9683 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #### Fixes
 
 * [#1016](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape-swagger/pull/1016): Hide the nested parameters of a Hash parameter marked `documentation: { hidden: true }`, and pass the resolved `token_owner` to parameter-level `hidden:` procs like route-level ones (raising `TokenOwnerNotFound` if the configured method is missing) - [@numbata](https://github.com/numbata).
+* [#1013](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape-swagger/pull/1013): Fix array `default` values being placed inside `items` instead of on the array parameter or property, and emit an empty array `default` - [@numbata](https://github.com/numbata).
 * [#1012](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape-swagger/pull/1012): Keep the Danger PR check running in CI by pinning `git` below 6 - [@numbata](https://github.com/numbata).
 * [#1011](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape-swagger/pull/1011): Preserve string length, array item and object property limits in body parameter definitions, and emit `minLength`/`maxLength` only for strings (`minProperties`/`maxProperties` for hashes) instead of any non-array type - [@numbata](https://github.com/numbata).
 * [#1009](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape-swagger/pull/1009): Bump the Danger `danger-comment.yml` workflow from 0.1.0 to 0.1.1 - [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/dependabot%5Bbot%5D).
diff --git a/UPGRADING.md b/UPGRADING.md
index f8fb7dbd..df20233d 100644
--- a/UPGRADING.md
+++ b/UPGRADING.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - **A blank `desc(..., tags:)` now means "not specified".** `tags: nil` no longer suppresses the tag and `tags: []` no longer emits an empty `"tags": []`; both derive the tag from the path, as if `tags:` had been omitted. `tags:` is an override, and only a non-empty list overrides anything.
 
   The old `nil` behaviour was never a deliberate one: [#523](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape-swagger/pull/523) introduced route-level tags to *override* path-derived grouping and read them with `route.options.fetch(:tags, tag_object(route))`, whose default-on-absence semantics happened to give `nil` a meaning of its own. It was never documented or tested.
+- **An `Array` default on an array parameter is now documented on the array, not inside `items`.** `optional :ids, type: [String], default: %w[a b]` emits `default: ["a", "b"]` next to `type: array` (as a body property or a query/formData parameter) instead of `items.default`, which is not a valid place for a list. Consumers that read `items.default` for such a default must read the parameter/property `default` instead; scalar defaults on array parameters still land in `items.default`. An empty array default (`default: []`) is now emitted as well. See [#1013](https://github.com/ruby-grape/grape-swagger/pull/1013).
 
 ### Upgrading to >= 2.2.0
 
diff --git a/lib/grape-swagger/doc_methods/move_params.rb b/lib/grape-swagger/doc_methods/move_params.rb
index 0afd7983..fd1823e1 100644
--- a/lib/grape-swagger/doc_methods/move_params.rb
+++ b/lib/grape-swagger/doc_methods/move_params.rb
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def property_keys
         end
 
         def array_schema_keys
-          %i[minItems maxItems]
+          %i[minItems maxItems default]
         end
 
         def deletable?(param)
diff --git a/lib/grape-swagger/doc_methods/parse_params.rb b/lib/grape-swagger/doc_methods/parse_params.rb
index 66d99a79..3e12889d 100644
--- a/lib/grape-swagger/doc_methods/parse_params.rb
+++ b/lib/grape-swagger/doc_methods/parse_params.rb
@@ -100,7 +100,12 @@ def parse_array_item(definitions, type, value_type)
           enum_or_range_values = parse_enum_or_range_values(values)
           array_items.merge!(enum_or_range_values) if enum_or_range_values
 
-          array_items[:default] = value_type[:default] if value_type[:default].present?
+          default = value_type[:default]
+          if default.is_a?(Array)
+            @parsed_param[:default] = default
+          elsif default.present?
+            array_items[:default] = default
+          end
 
           set_additional_properties, additional_properties = parse_additional_properties(definitions, value_type)
           array_items[:additionalProperties] = additional_properties if set_additional_properties
diff --git a/spec/issues/950_array_default_spec.rb b/spec/issues/950_array_default_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c8eb679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/issues/950_array_default_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe '#950 array default belongs to the array, not its items' do
+  let(:app) do
+    Class.new(Grape::API) do
+      params do
+        optional :dns_servers, type: [String], default: %w[8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4]
+      end
+      get '/query' do
+        {}
+      end
+
+      params do
+        optional :dns_servers, type: [String], default: %w[8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4]
+      end
+      post '/body' do
+        {}
+      end
+
+      params do
+        optional :dns_servers, type: [String], default: %w[8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4]
+      end
+      desc 'form', consumes: ['application/x-www-form-urlencoded']
+      post '/form' do
+        {}
+      end
+
+      params do
+        optional :dns_servers, type: [String], default: []
+      end
+      get '/empty' do
+        {}
+      end
+
+      params do
+        optional :dns_servers, type: [String], default: 'z'
+      end
+      get '/scalar' do
+        {}
+      end
+
+      params do
+        optional :dns_servers, type: [String], default: 'z'
+      end
+      post '/scalar_body' do
+        {}
+      end
+
+      params do
+        optional :things, type: [JSON], default: [{ 'a' => 1 }] do
+          optional :a, type: Integer
+        end
+      end
+      post '/json' do
+        {}
+      end
+
+      add_swagger_documentation
+    end
+  end
+
+  subject do
+    get '/swagger_doc'
+    JSON.parse(last_response.body)
+  end
+
+  it 'puts the default on the array for a query parameter' do
+    expect(subject['paths']['/query']['get']['parameters']).to eql(
+      [
+        { 'in' => 'query', 'name' => 'dns_servers', 'type' => 'array', 'items' => { 'type' => 'string' },
+          'default' => %w[8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4], 'required' => false }
+      ]
+    )
+  end
+
+  it 'puts the default on the array property of a body definition' do
+    expect(subject['definitions']['postBody']['properties']['dns_servers']).to eql(
+      'type' => 'array', 'items' => { 'type' => 'string' }, 'default' => %w[8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4]
+    )
+  end
+
+  it 'puts the default on the array for a formData parameter' do
+    expect(subject['paths']['/form']['post']['parameters']).to eql(
+      [
+        { 'in' => 'formData', 'name' => 'dns_servers', 'type' => 'array', 'items' => { 'type' => 'string' },
+          'default' => %w[8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4], 'required' => false }
+      ]
+    )
+  end
+
+  it 'emits an empty array default on the array' do
+    expect(subject['paths']['/empty']['get']['parameters']).to eql(
+      [
+        { 'in' => 'query', 'name' => 'dns_servers', 'type' => 'array', 'items' => { 'type' => 'string' },
+          'default' => [], 'required' => false }
+      ]
+    )
+  end
+
+  it 'keeps a scalar default of an array parameter in items' do
+    expect(subject['paths']['/scalar']['get']['parameters']).to eql(
+      [
+        { 'in' => 'query', 'name' => 'dns_servers', 'type' => 'array',
+          'items' => { 'type' => 'string', 'default' => 'z' }, 'required' => false }
+      ]
+    )
+  end
+
+  it 'keeps a scalar default of an array body property in items' do
+    expect(subject['definitions']['postScalarBody']['properties']['dns_servers']).to eql(
+      'type' => 'array', 'items' => { 'type' => 'string', 'default' => 'z' }
+    )
+  end
+
+  it 'puts the default of an array of nested objects on the array property' do
+    expect(subject['definitions']['postJson']['properties']['things']).to eql(
+      'type' => 'array',
+      'items' => { 'type' => 'object', 'properties' => { 'a' => { 'type' => 'integer', 'format' => 'int32' } } },
+      'default' => [{ 'a' => 1 }]
+    )
+  end
+end