diff --git a/900913.sql b/900913.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 133099af4..000000000
--- a/900913.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-INSERT INTO spatial_ref_sys (srid, auth_name, auth_srid, srtext, proj4text)VALUES (900913,'EPSG',900913,'PROJCS["WGS84 / Simple Mercator",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984", 6378137.0, 298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich", 0.0],UNIT["degree", 0.017453292519943295],AXIS["Longitude", EAST],AXIS["Latitude", NORTH]],PROJECTION["Mercator_1SP_Google"],PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin", 0.0],PARAMETER["central_meridian", 0.0],PARAMETER["scale_factor", 1.0],PARAMETER["false_easting", 0.0],PARAMETER["false_northing", 0.0],UNIT["m", 1.0],AXIS["x", EAST],AXIS["y", NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","900913"]]','+proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0 +y_0=0 +k=1.0 +units=m +nadgrids=@null +no_defs');
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c8a113d3..ad66b8dd0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -258,4 +258,4 @@ endif()
 
 install(TARGETS osm2pgsql DESTINATION bin)
 install(FILES docs/osm2pgsql.1 DESTINATION share/man/man1)
-install(FILES default.style empty.style 900913.sql DESTINATION share/osm2pgsql)
+install(FILES default.style empty.style DESTINATION share/osm2pgsql)
diff --git a/docs/export.md b/docs/export.md
index ae38dedbd..2fef1b88f 100644
--- a/docs/export.md
+++ b/docs/export.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Osm2pgsql can be used in combination with [ogr2ogr](http://www.gdal.org/ogr2ogr.
 An example command to export to GeoJSON would be
 
     ogr2ogr -f "GeoJSON" roads.geojson -t_srs EPSG:4326 \
-      PG:"dbname=gis" -s_srs EPSG:900913 \
+      PG:"dbname=gis" -s_srs EPSG:3857 \
       -sql "SELECT name,highway,oneway,toll,way FROM planet_osm_line WHERE highway IS NOT NULL"
 
 Care should be taken if exporting to shapefiles, as characters may be present
diff --git a/docs/migrations.md b/docs/migrations.md
index af1c70a30..0aa0fb6c9 100644
--- a/docs/migrations.md
+++ b/docs/migrations.md
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ Some osm2pgsql changes have slightly changed the database schema it expects. If
 updating an old database, a migration may be needed. The migrations here assume
 the default `planet_osm` prefix.
 
+It is frequently better to reimport as this will also recluster the tables and
+remove table or index bloat.
+
+## 0.91 default projection ##
+
+The default projection was moved from 900913 to 3857. This does not effect
+users using `-l` or `-E`, but if using no projection options or `-m` a
+migration is needed.
+
+```sql
+ALTER TABLE planet_osm_roads ALTER COLUMN way TYPE geometry(LineString,3857) USING ST_SetSRID(way,3857);
+ALTER TABLE planet_osm_point ALTER COLUMN way TYPE geometry(Point,3857) USING ST_SetSRID(way,3857);
+ALTER TABLE planet_osm_line ALTER COLUMN way TYPE geometry(LineString,3857) USING ST_SetSRID(way,3857);
+ALTER TABLE planet_osm_polygon ALTER COLUMN way TYPE geometry(Geometry,3857) USING ST_SetSRID(way,3857);
+```
+
 ## 0.88.0 z_order changes ##
 
 0.88.0 z_order logic was changed, requuiring an increase in z_order values. To
diff --git a/docs/osm2pgsql.1 b/docs/osm2pgsql.1
index b2b5ea1cf..ed73eeb49 100644
--- a/docs/osm2pgsql.1
+++ b/docs/osm2pgsql.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH OSM2PGSQL 1 "April 06, 2013"
+.TH OSM2PGSQL 1 "February 27, 2016"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .SH NAME
 osm2pgsql \- Openstreetmap data to PostgreSQL converter.
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Verbose output.
 .SH SUPPORTED PROJECTIONS
 Latlong             (\-l) SRS:  4326 (none)
 .br
-Spherical Mercator  (\-m) SRS:900913 +proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0 +y_0=0 +k=1.0 +units=m +nadgrids=@null +no_defs +over
+Spherical Mercator  (\-m) SRS:3857 +proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0 +y_0=0 +k=1.0 +units=m +nadgrids=@null +no_defs +over
 .br
 EPSG-defined        (\-E) SRS: +init=epsg:(as given in parameter)
 .PP
diff --git a/reprojection.cpp b/reprojection.cpp
index 3dd7f489a..3ccd159dd 100644
--- a/reprojection.cpp
+++ b/reprojection.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class merc_reprojection_t : public reprojection
 public:
     osmium::geom::Coordinates reproject(osmium::Location loc) const override
     {
-        /* The latitude co-ordinate is clipped at slightly larger than the 900913 'world'
+        /* The latitude co-ordinate is clipped at slightly larger than the 3857 'world'
          * extent of +-85.0511 degrees to ensure that the points appear just outside the
          * edge of the map. */
         double lat = loc.lat_without_check();
diff --git a/reprojection.hpp b/reprojection.hpp
index 8b59ff661..c0609dfd9 100644
--- a/reprojection.hpp
+++ b/reprojection.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <osmium/geom/projection.hpp>
 #include <osmium/osm/location.hpp>
 
-enum Projection { PROJ_LATLONG = 4326, PROJ_SPHERE_MERC = 900913 };
+enum Projection { PROJ_LATLONG = 4326, PROJ_SPHERE_MERC = 3857 };
 
 class reprojection : public boost::noncopyable
 {
diff --git a/tests/test-output-pgsql.cpp b/tests/test-output-pgsql.cpp
index 5f7ba757a..d324ea9ad 100644
--- a/tests/test-output-pgsql.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-output-pgsql.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void test_regression_simple() {
     db->check_number(143.81, "SELECT ST_Area(ST_Transform(way,4326)::geography) FROM osm2pgsql_test_polygon WHERE osm_id = 157261342");
 
     // Check a point's location
-    db->check_count(1, "SELECT count(*) FROM osm2pgsql_test_point WHERE ST_DWithin(way, 'SRID=900913;POINT(1062645.12 5972593.4)'::geometry, 0.1)");
+    db->check_count(1, "SELECT count(*) FROM osm2pgsql_test_point WHERE ST_DWithin(way, 'SRID=3857;POINT(1062645.12 5972593.4)'::geometry, 0.1)");
 }
 
 void test_latlong() {