diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index e8e6c06e09..6f9c01901d 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function REPLServer(prompt, stream) {
   self.buffered_cmd = '';
 
   self.stream = stream || process.openStdin();
-  self.prompt = prompt || "node> ";
+  self.prompt = prompt || "> ";
 
   var rli = self.rli = rl.createInterface(self.stream, function (text) {
     return self.complete(text);
diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 4b463e023b..179324bf66 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -741,9 +741,7 @@ if (process.argv[1]) {
   });
 } else {
   // No arguments, run the repl
-  var repl = requireNative('repl');
-  console.log("Type '.help' for options.");
-  repl.start();
+  requireNative('repl').start();
 }
 
 // All our arguments are loaded. We've evaluated all of the scripts. We