diff --git a/cli/deploy/deploy.go b/cli/deploy/deploy.go
index 71ba9401fdb..d5786e110df 100644
--- a/cli/deploy/deploy.go
+++ b/cli/deploy/deploy.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 // Command exports the deploy command.
 var Command = &cli.Command{
 	Name:      "deploy",
-	Usage:     "deploy code",
+	Usage:     "trigger a pipeline with the 'deployment' event",
 	ArgsUsage: "<repo-id|repo-full-name> <pipeline> <environment>",
 	Action:    deploy,
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ var Command = &cli.Command{
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:  "branch",
 			Usage: "branch filter",
-			Value: "main",
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:  "event",
@@ -74,6 +73,15 @@ func deploy(c *cli.Context) error {
 	event := c.String("event")
 	status := c.String("status")
 
+	if branch == "" {
+		repo, err := client.Repo(repoID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		branch = repo.DefaultBranch
+	}
+
 	pipelineArg := c.Args().Get(1)
 	var number int64
 	if pipelineArg == "last" {
diff --git a/cli/pipeline/pipeline.go b/cli/pipeline/pipeline.go
index f596538cb3b..27044cac342 100644
--- a/cli/pipeline/pipeline.go
+++ b/cli/pipeline/pipeline.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func pipelineOutput(c *cli.Context, resources []woodpecker.Pipeline, fd ...io.Wr
 		fallthrough
 	default:
 		table := output.NewTable(out)
-		cols := []string{"Number", "Status", "Event", "Branch", "Commit", "Author"}
+		cols := []string{"Number", "Status", "Event", "Branch", "Message", "Author"}
 
 		if len(outOpt) > 0 {
 			cols = outOpt
diff --git a/cli/pipeline/pipeline_test.go b/cli/pipeline/pipeline_test.go
index 7850c01b83b..3ff2080ae78 100644
--- a/cli/pipeline/pipeline_test.go
+++ b/cli/pipeline/pipeline_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func TestPipelineOutput(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "table output with default columns",
 			args:     []string{},
-			expected: "NUMBER  STATUS   EVENT  BRANCH  COMMIT  AUTHOR\n1       success  push   main    abcdef  John Doe\n",
+			expected: "NUMBER  STATUS   EVENT  BRANCH  MESSAGE  AUTHOR\n1       success  push   main    message  John Doe\n",
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "table output with custom columns",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestPipelineOutput(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "table output with no header",
 			args:     []string{"output", "--output-no-headers"},
-			expected: "1  success  push  main  abcdef  John Doe\n",
+			expected: "1  success  push  main  message  John Doe\n",
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "go-template output",
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ func TestPipelineOutput(t *testing.T) {
 
 	pipelines := []woodpecker.Pipeline{
 		{
-			Number: 1,
-			Status: "success",
-			Event:  "push",
-			Branch: "main",
-			Commit: "abcdef",
-			Author: "John Doe",
+			Number:  1,
+			Status:  "success",
+			Event:   "push",
+			Branch:  "main",
+			Message: "message",
+			Author:  "John Doe",
 		},
 	}