diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 25bb1804d..983d49bc1 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ void initParams() {
   params.push_back(TAParam("C","cmdout",true,pCmdOut,"<filename>","output command stream"));
   params.push_back(TAParam("b","binary",false,pBinary,"","set command stream output format to binary"));
   params.push_back(TAParam("L","loglevel",true,pLogLevel,"debug|info|warning|error","set the log level (info by default)"));
-  params.push_back(TAParam("v","view",true,pView,"pattern|commands|nothing","set visualization (pattern by default)"));
+  params.push_back(TAParam("v","view",true,pView,"pattern|commands|nothing","set visualization (nothing by default)"));
   params.push_back(TAParam("i","info",false,pInfo,"","get info about a song"));
   params.push_back(TAParam("c","console",false,pConsole,"","enable console mode"));