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@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ To restore your PATH, you can deactivate it.
 
 To set a default Node version to be used in any new shell, use the alias 'default':
 
-    nvm alias default stable
+    nvm alias default node
 
 To use a mirror of the node binaries, set `$NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR`: