diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc969724..2bd3b1ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -808,6 +808,8 @@ if you are resuming a massive upload and want to skip hashing the files which al
 
 if the server is behind a proxy which imposes a request-size limit, you can configure up2k to sneak below the limit with server-option `--u2sz` (the default is 96 MiB to support Cloudflare)
 
+if you want to replace existing files on the server with new uploads by default, run with `--u2ow 2` (only works if users have the delete-permission, and can still be disabled with `🛡️` in the UI)
+
 
 ### file-search
 
diff --git a/copyparty/__main__.py b/copyparty/__main__.py
index 37ba2286..a2f01405 100644
--- a/copyparty/__main__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__main__.py
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ def add_upload(ap):
     ap2.add_argument("--turbo", metavar="LVL", type=int, default=0, help="configure turbo-mode in up2k client; [\033[32m-1\033[0m] = forbidden/always-off, [\033[32m0\033[0m] = default-off and warn if enabled, [\033[32m1\033[0m] = default-off, [\033[32m2\033[0m] = on, [\033[32m3\033[0m] = on and disable datecheck")
     ap2.add_argument("--u2j", metavar="JOBS", type=int, default=2, help="web-client: number of file chunks to upload in parallel; 1 or 2 is good for low-latency (same-country) connections, 4-8 for android clients, 16 for cross-atlantic (max=64)")
     ap2.add_argument("--u2sz", metavar="N,N,N", type=u, default="1,64,96", help="web-client: default upload chunksize (MiB); sets \033[33mmin,default,max\033[0m in the settings gui. Each HTTP POST will aim for \033[33mdefault\033[0m, and never exceed \033[33mmax\033[0m. Cloudflare max is 96. Big values are good for cross-atlantic but may increase HDD fragmentation on some FS. Disable this optimization with [\033[32m1,1,1\033[0m]")
-    ap2.add_argument("--u2ow", metavar="NUM", type=int, default=0, help="web-client: default setting for when to overwrite existing files; [\033[32m0\033[0m]=never, [\033[32m1\033[0m]=if-client-newer, [\033[32m2\033[0m]=always (volflag=u2ow)")
+    ap2.add_argument("--u2ow", metavar="NUM", type=int, default=0, help="web-client: default setting for when to replace/overwrite existing files; [\033[32m0\033[0m]=never, [\033[32m1\033[0m]=if-client-newer, [\033[32m2\033[0m]=always (volflag=u2ow)")
     ap2.add_argument("--u2sort", metavar="TXT", type=u, default="s", help="upload order; [\033[32ms\033[0m]=smallest-first, [\033[32mn\033[0m]=alphabetical, [\033[32mfs\033[0m]=force-s, [\033[32mfn\033[0m]=force-n -- alphabetical is a bit slower on fiber/LAN but makes it easier to eyeball if everything went fine")
     ap2.add_argument("--write-uplog", action="store_true", help="write POST reports to textfiles in working-directory")