diff --git a/barbicanclient/keep.py b/barbicanclient/keep.py
index 56b191c8..5c9b7693 100644
--- a/barbicanclient/keep.py
+++ b/barbicanclient/keep.py
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ class Keep:
                                    'e a payload_content_type (only used for se'
                                    'crets)')
         create_parser.add_argument('--payload_content_type', '-t',
-                                   choices=["text/plain",
-                                            "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
-                                            "application/octet-stream"],
+                                   default='text/plain',
                                    help='the type/format of the provided '
                                    'secret data; "text/plain" is assumed to be'
                                    ' UTF-8; required when --payload is su'
-                                   'pplied (only used for secrets)')
+                                   'pplied (only used for secrets; orders are '
+                                   'assumed to be "application/octet-stream") '
+                                   '(default: %(default)s)')
         create_parser.add_argument('--payload_content_encoding', '-d',
                                    choices=["base64"],
                                    help='required if --payload_content_type is'
diff --git a/barbicanclient/secrets.py b/barbicanclient/secrets.py
index 95443bbe..652376c4 100644
--- a/barbicanclient/secrets.py
+++ b/barbicanclient/secrets.py
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@ class Secret(object):
                 "         reference: {1}\n"
                 "         name: {2}\n"
                 "         created: {3}\n"
-                "         payload content type: {4}\n"
-                "         status: {5}\n"
-                "         bit length: {6}\n"
-                "         algorithm: {7}\n"
-                "         cypher type: {8}\n"
-                "         expiration: {9}\n"
+                "         status: {4}\n"
+                "         bit length: {5}\n"
+                "         algorithm: {6}\n"
+                "         cypher type: {7}\n"
+                "         expiration: {8}\n"
                 .format(self.id, self.secret_ref, self.name, self.created,
-                        self.payload_content_type, self.status, self.bit_length,
-                        self.algorithm, self.cypher_type, self.expiration)
+                        self.status, self.bit_length, self.algorithm,
+                        self.cypher_type, self.expiration)
                 )