diff --git a/doc/lxc-start.sgml.in b/doc/lxc-start.sgml.in
index 1bbe30234..950cc243b 100644
--- a/doc/lxc-start.sgml.in
+++ b/doc/lxc-start.sgml.in
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 	  <para>
 	    Run the container as a daemon. As the container has no
 	    more tty, if an error occurs nothing will be displayed,
-	    the log file can be used to check the error.
+	    the log file can be used to check the error. (This is the default mode)
 	  </para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 	  <para>
 	    Run the container in the foreground. In this mode, the container
 	    console will be attached to the current tty and signals will be routed
-	    directly to the container. (This is the default mode)
+	    directly to the container.
 	  </para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_start.c b/src/lxc/lxc_start.c
index 0e4874c45..86235789f 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_start.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_start.c
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ lxc-start start COMMAND in specified container NAME\n\
 \n\
 Options :\n\
   -n, --name=NAME        NAME for name of the container\n\
-  -d, --daemon           Daemonize the container\n\
-  -F, --foreground       Start with the current tty attached to /dev/console (default)\n\
+  -d, --daemon           Daemonize the container (default)\n\
+  -F, --foreground       Start with the current tty attached to /dev/console\n\
   -p, --pidfile=FILE     Create a file with the process id\n\
   -f, --rcfile=FILE      Load configuration file FILE\n\
   -c, --console=FILE     Use specified FILE for the container console\n\
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ Options :\n\
 	.options   = my_longopts,
 	.parser    = my_parser,
 	.checker   = NULL,
-	.daemonize = 0,
+	.daemonize = 1,
 	.pidfile = NULL,
 };