diff --git a/doc/watchexec.1 b/doc/watchexec.1
index 775edb5..d5e28f8 100644
--- a/doc/watchexec.1
+++ b/doc/watchexec.1
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Skip loading of version control system (VCS) ignore files\. By default, watchexe
 .
 .TP
 \fB\-\-no\-default\-ignore\fR
-Skip default ignore statements\. By default, watchexec ignores common temporary files for you, for example \fB*\.swp\fR, \fB*\.pyc\fR, and \fB\.DS_Store\fR
+Skip default ignore statements\. By default, watchexec ignores common temporary files for you, for example \fB.*\.swp\fR, \fB*\.pyc\fR, and \fB\.DS_Store\fR
 .
 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
 Processes started by watchexec have the \fB$WATCHEXEC_UPDATED_PATH\fR environment variable set to the path of the first modification observed\. In addition, the \fB$WATCHEXEC_COMMON_PATH\fR environment variable is set to the common path of all observed modifications\.
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 837c945..a59a848 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ pub fn get_args() -> Args {
     let mut ignores = vec![];
     let default_ignores = vec![format!("**{}.DS_Store", MAIN_SEPARATOR),
                                String::from("*.pyc"),
-                               String::from("*.swp"),
+                               String::from(".*.sw?"),
+                               String::from(".*.sw?x"),
                                format!("**{}.git{}**", MAIN_SEPARATOR, MAIN_SEPARATOR),
                                format!("**{}.hg{}**", MAIN_SEPARATOR, MAIN_SEPARATOR),
                                format!("**{}.svn{}**", MAIN_SEPARATOR, MAIN_SEPARATOR)];