I see this in the manual, in the -n option paragraph:
"By default only a non-destructive read-only test is done."
It looks like the default behavior is documented.
** Changed in: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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badblocks undocumented default behaviour in man page
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/613684
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