diff --git a/bin/git-graft b/bin/git-graft
index ad212f7..cbd15e7 100755
--- a/bin/git-graft
+++ b/bin/git-graft
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 test -z $1 && echo "source branch required." && exit 1
 src=$1
-dst=${2-master}
+dst=${2-}
 
 git checkout $dst \
   && git merge --no-ff $src \
diff --git a/man/git-graft.md b/man/git-graft.md
index 0e913ff..28c554c 100644
--- a/man/git-graft.md
+++ b/man/git-graft.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-graft(1) -- Merge and destroy a given branch
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
 
-  Merge commits from <src-branch> into <dest-branch> which defaults to <master>.
+  Merge commits from <src-branch> into <dest-branch> which defaults to the current branch.
 
 ## OPTIONS