diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
index e642dbfe5..e082f644a 100644
--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void ThreadRPCServer3(void* parg);
 
 static inline unsigned short GetDefaultRPCPort()
 {
-    return GetBoolArg("-testnet", false) ? 28776 : 18776;
+    return GetBoolArg("-testnet", false) ? 28776 : 18777;
 }
 
 Object JSONRPCError(int code, const string& message)
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 0b66e38f3..5c025ce85 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage()
 #endif
         "  -rpcuser=<user>        " + _("Username for JSON-RPC connections") + "\n" +
         "  -rpcpassword=<pw>      " + _("Password for JSON-RPC connections") + "\n" +
-        "  -rpcport=<port>        " + _("Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: 18776 or testnet: 28776)") + "\n" +
+        "  -rpcport=<port>        " + _("Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: 18777 or testnet: 28776)") + "\n" +
         "  -rpcallowip=<ip>       " + _("Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address") + "\n" +
         "  -rpcconnect=<ip>       " + _("Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1)") + "\n" +
         "  -blocknotify=<cmd>     " + _("Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)") + "\n" +