diff --git a/cli/src/args.rs b/cli/src/args.rs
index 6513d62..d1c2ebb 100644
--- a/cli/src/args.rs
+++ b/cli/src/args.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ pub fn get_args(tagged_filterer: bool) -> Result<ArgMatches<'static>> {
 			.help(if cfg!(windows) {
 				"Use a different shell, or `none`. Try --shell=powershell, which will become the default in 2.0."
 			} else {
-			"Use a different shell, or `none`. E.g. --shell=bash"
+			"Use a different shell, or `none`. Defaults to `sh` (until 2.0, where that will change to `$SHELL`). E.g. --shell=bash"
 			})
 			.takes_value(true)
 			.long("shell"))
diff --git a/cli/tests/snapshots/help__help_unix.snap b/cli/tests/snapshots/help__help_unix.snap
index 88ca14f..c79dddb 100644
--- a/cli/tests/snapshots/help__help_unix.snap
+++ b/cli/tests/snapshots/help__help_unix.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 source: cli/tests/help.rs
+assertion_line: 16
 expression: "String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap()"
 
 ---
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ FLAGS:
 
 OPTIONS:
     -d, --debounce <milliseconds>            Set the timeout between detected change and command execution, defaults to
-                                             100ms
+                                             50ms
     -e, --exts <extensions>                  Comma-separated list of file extensions to watch (e.g. js,css,html)
     -f, --filter <pattern>...                Ignore all modifications except those matching the pattern
     -i, --ignore <pattern>...                Ignore modifications to paths matching the pattern
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ OPTIONS:
                                              [possible values: do-nothing, queue, restart, signal]
     -w, --watch <path>...                    Watch a specific file or directory
         --force-poll <interval>              Force polling mode (interval in milliseconds)
-        --shell <shell>                      Use a different shell, or `none`. E.g. --shell=bash
+        --shell <shell>                      Use a different shell, or `none`. Defaults to `sh` (until 2.0, where that
+                                             will change to `$SHELL`). E.g. --shell=bash
     -s, --signal <signal>                    Specify the signal to send when using --on-busy-update=signal [default:
                                              SIGTERM]