diff --git a/pelican/pelican b/pelican/pelican
index 737774a4..74fbc7ab 100755
--- a/pelican/pelican
+++ b/pelican/pelican
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ files to read and a template to use.
 
 The main use case is to generate static-files-based blogs, to ease DVCSes as
 storages, but it could be used with others goal in mind.""")
-parser.add_argument('-p', '--path', default='.', dest='path',
-    help='Path where to find the content files (default is ".").')
+parser.add_argument('-p', '--path', default='content', dest='path',
+    help='Path where to find the content files (default is "content").')
 parser.add_argument('-t', '--templates-path', default=None, dest='templates',
     help='Path where to find the templates. If not specified, will uses the'
          ' ones included with pelican.')