diff --git a/docs/guide/cli-generated.md b/docs/guide/cli-generated.md
index 59ad0d904a9b..350a178d8bf4 100644
--- a/docs/guide/cli-generated.md
+++ b/docs/guide/cli-generated.md
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ Should browser test files run in parallel. Use `--browser.fileParallelism=false`
 - **CLI:** `--pool <pool>`
 - **Config:** [pool](/config/#pool)
 
-Specify pool, if not running in the browser (default: `threads`)
+Specify pool, if not running in the browser (default: `forks`)
 
 ### poolOptions.threads.isolate
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/cli/cli-config.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/cli/cli-config.ts
index ac67b8ba7bf4..8aa7118b6206 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/cli/cli-config.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/cli/cli-config.ts
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ export const cliOptionsConfig: VitestCLIOptions = {
   },
   pool: {
     description:
-      'Specify pool, if not running in the browser (default: `threads`)',
+      'Specify pool, if not running in the browser (default: `forks`)',
     argument: '<pool>',
     subcommands: null, // don't support custom objects
   },