diff --git a/man/man1/fzf.1 b/man/man1/fzf.1
index 8f9c861..ea66597 100644
--- a/man/man1/fzf.1
+++ b/man/man1/fzf.1
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ Input prompt (default: '> ')
 Pointer to the current line (default: '▌' or '>' depending on \fB--no-unicode\fR)
 .TP
 .BI "--marker=" "STR"
-Multi-select marker (default: '▏' or '>' depending on \fB--no-unicode\fR)
+Multi-select marker (default: '│' or '>' depending on \fB--no-unicode\fR)
 .TP
 .BI "--header=" "STR"
 The given string will be printed as the sticky header. The lines are displayed
diff --git a/src/options.go b/src/options.go
index ac7e76f..3a6de00 100644
--- a/src/options.go
+++ b/src/options.go
@@ -2616,7 +2616,8 @@ func postProcessOptions(opts *Options) error {
 	}
 
 	if opts.Marker == nil {
-		defaultMarker := "▏"
+		// "▏" looks better, but not all terminals render it correctly
+		defaultMarker := "│"
 		if !opts.Unicode {
 			defaultMarker = ">"
 		}