diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f91b492..114e4c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ serve-https
 ```
 
 ```
-Serving /Users/foo/ at https://localhost.daplie.com:1443
+Serving /Users/foo/ at https://localhost.daplie.com:8443
 ```
 
 Usage
 -----
 
-* `-p <port>` - i.e. `sudo serve-https -p 443`
-* `-d <dirpath>` - i.e. `serve-https -d /tmp/`
-* `-c <content>` - i.e. `server-https -c 'Hello, World! '`
-* `--insecure-port <port>` - run an http server that redirects to https
+* `-p <port>` - i.e. `sudo serve-https -p 443` (defaults to 8443)
+* `-d <dirpath>` - i.e. `serve-https -d /tmp/` (defaults to `pwd`)
+* `-c <content>` - i.e. `server-https -c 'Hello, World! '` (defaults to directory index)
+* `--insecure-port <port>` - run an http server that redirects to https (off by default)
 
 Specifying a custom HTTPS certificate:
 
diff --git a/serve.js b/serve.js
index addebc5..2f48470 100755
--- a/serve.js
+++ b/serve.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ module.exports.createServer = createServer;
 function run() {
   var minimist = require('minimist');
   var argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2));
-  var port = argv.p || argv.port || argv._[0] || 1443;
+  var port = argv.p || argv.port || argv._[0] || 8443;
   var pubdir = path.resolve(argv.d || argv._[1] || process.cwd());
   var content = argv.c;