diff --git a/jsonpoll/jsonpoll.py b/jsonpoll/jsonpoll.py
index 9e78b8e..7e0c7ea 100755
--- a/jsonpoll/jsonpoll.py
+++ b/jsonpoll/jsonpoll.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 jsonpoll [options]
 --
 host=            host to connect to [localhost]
-port=            port to connect to [8000]
+port=            port to connect to [8080]
 i,interval=      poll interval in seconds [15]
 """