diff --git a/doc/rg.1 b/doc/rg.1
index 1b34674..9841c27 100644
--- a/doc/rg.1
+++ b/doc/rg.1
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ rg\ \[aq]^.*([0\-9]{3}\-[0\-9]{3}\-[0\-9]{4}).*$\[aq]\ \-\-replace\ \[aq]$1\[aq]
 .RE
 .TP
 .B \-s, \-\-case\-sensitive
-Search case sensitively.
-This overrides \-\-ignore\-case and \-\-smart\-case.
+Search case sensitively (default).
+Overrides \-\-ignore\-case and \-\-smart\-case.
 .RS
 .RE
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/rg.1.md b/doc/rg.1.md
index a069691..8009f69 100644
--- a/doc/rg.1.md
+++ b/doc/rg.1.md
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Project home page: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
         rg '^.*([0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}).*$' --replace '$1'
 
 -s, --case-sensitive
-: Search case sensitively. This overrides --ignore-case and --smart-case.
+: Search case sensitively (default). Overrides --ignore-case and --smart-case.
 
 -S, --smart-case
 : Search case insensitively if the pattern is all lowercase.
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 615b21d..9f5a18b 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ lazy_static! {
               is 10M. \n\nThe argument accepts the same size suffixes as \
               allowed in the 'max-filesize' argument.");
         doc!(h, "case-sensitive",
-             "Search case sensitively.",
+             "Search case sensitively (default).",
              "Search case sensitively. This overrides -i/--ignore-case and \
               -S/--smart-case.");
         doc!(h, "smart-case",