Change the way we are running the specs. This way is more common.

Rakefile

@@ -1,38 +1,23 @@
-require 'rubygems'
+# encoding: utf-8
 require 'bundler'
-require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
-require "rake/rdoctask"
-
 Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
 
-desc "Run all specs"
-RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |spec|
-  spec.rspec_opts = ["--color"]
-  spec.pattern = 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
-end
+require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
 
-desc "Print specdocs"
-RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:doc) do |spec|
-  spec.rspec_opts = ["--format", "specdoc"]
-  spec.pattern = 'spec/*_spec.rb'
-end
+desc 'Default: run unit tests.'
+task :default => :spec
 
-desc "Generate the rdoc"
-Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
-  files = ["README.rdoc", "LICENSE", "lib/**/*.rb"]
-  rdoc.rdoc_files.add(files)
-  rdoc.main = "README.rdoc"
-  rdoc.title = "CouchRest: Ruby CouchDB, close to the metal"
+desc "Run all specs"
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new do |t|
+  t.pattern = 'spec/**/*_spec.rb'
+  t.rspec_opts = ["-c", "-f progress"]
 end
 
-desc "Run the rspec"
-task :default => :spec
-
 module Rake
   def self.remove_task(task_name)
     Rake.application.instance_variable_get('@tasks').delete(task_name.to_s)
   end
 end
 
 Rake.remove_task("github:release")
-Rake.remove_task("release")
+Rake.remove_task("release")