diff --git a/bin/gollum b/bin/gollum
index 7756831e..efacca54 100755
--- a/bin/gollum
+++ b/bin/gollum
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ opts = OptionParser.new do |opts|
     wiki_options[:page_file_dir] = path
   end
 
-  opts.on("--branch [BRANCH]", "Specify the repository branch to use (default: working branch).") do |branch|
+  opts.on("--branch [BRANCH]", "Specify the repository branch to use (default: master).") do |branch|
     wiki_options[:branch] = branch
   end
 end