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@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ to access the UI, and if you configure port forwarding, also computers on the in
 
 Use `--port xxxx` to make the server listen on a specific port, xxxx being the wanted port. Remember that
 all ports below 1024 needs root/admin rights, for this reason it is advised to use a port above 1024.
+Defaults to port 7860 if available.
 
 ### Textual Inversion
 To make use of pretrained embeddings, create `embeddings` directory (in the same palce as `webui.py`)