diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index bc5837ea7..f310f8da2 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Run
 $ mpd <port> <mp3 directory> <playlist directory> <mpd log> <mpd err>
 
 example where mpd executable is in mpd-x.x.x directory:
-$ mpd-x.x.x/mpd 2100 mp3 playlists mpd.log mpd.err
+$ mpd-x.x.x/mpd 6600 mp3 playlists mpd.log mpd.err
 
 Note: The first time you run mpd, it will "explore" your mp3 directory for
 mp3's.
diff --git a/doc/mpd.1 b/doc/mpd.1
index 0fbc8e14b..b102bc840 100644
--- a/doc/mpd.1
+++ b/doc/mpd.1
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Below are a list of parameters that can be specified in the config file.  Each l
 parameter "value"
 .TP
 .B port <port>
-This specifies the port that MPD listens on. This parameter is required. This is typically 2100.
+This specifies the port that MPD listens on. This parameter is required. This is typically 6600.
 .TP
 .B music_directory <directory>
 This specifies the directory where music is located.  This parameter is required.  The directory path should be an absolute path.
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Below is an example config file. (Note: '#' at the beginning of a line denotes a
 .br
 # required
 .br
-port 			"2100"
+port 			"6600"
 .br
 music_directory 	"~/mp3"
 .br
diff --git a/doc/mpdconf.example b/doc/mpdconf.example
index 7a61f4ec9..bdcba0894 100644
--- a/doc/mpdconf.example
+++ b/doc/mpdconf.example
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 
 ########## REQUIRED ###############
-port 			"2100"
+port 			"6600"
 music_directory 	"~/music"
 playlist_directory 	"~/.mpd/playlists"
 log_file 		"~/.mpd/mpd.log"