diff --git a/lib/csv.js b/lib/csv.js
index 432075f6e..7a8672415 100644
--- a/lib/csv.js
+++ b/lib/csv.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ module.exports = function(){
         process.nextTick(function(){
             if(data instanceof Array){
                 if( csv.writeOptions.lineBreaks === null ){
-                    csv.writeOptions.lineBreaks = "\r\n";
+                    csv.writeOptions.lineBreaks = "\n";
                 }
                 for(var i=0; i<data.length; i++){
                     state.line = data[i];
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ module.exports = function(){
                 line.splice(csv.writeOptions.columns.length);
             }
             if(line instanceof Array){
-                var newLine = state.countWriten ? csv.writeOptions.lineBreaks || "\r\n" : '';
+                var newLine = state.countWriten ? csv.writeOptions.lineBreaks || "\n" : '';
                 for(var i=0; i<line.length; i++){
                     var field = line[i];
                     if(typeof field === 'string'){
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 76b90a746..ab1bd58bd 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Options are:
     Display the column names on the first line if the columns option is provided.
 
 -   *lineBreaks*    
-    String used to delimit record rows or a special value; special values are 'auto', 'unix', 'mac', 'windows', 'unicode'; default to 'auto' (discovered in source or 'windows' if no source is specified).
+    String used to delimit record rows or a special value; special values are 'auto', 'unix', 'mac', 'windows', 'unicode'; default to 'auto' (discovered in source or 'unix' if no source is specified).
     
 -   *flags*    
     Default to 'w', 'w' to create or overwrite an file, 'a' to append to a file. Apply when using the `toPath` method.