diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 3c1d8ca10..d09db1347 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ This architecture brings the following advantages:
 
 `mvnd` brings the following features on top of the stock Maven:
 
-* `-T1C` is used by default. This means builing in parallel using as many threads as CPU cores on your machine. If your
-  source tree does not support parallel builds, pass `-T1` on the command line to make your build serial.
+* By default, `mvnd` is building your modules in parallel using multiple CPU cores. The number of utilized cores is
+  given by the formula `Math.max(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() - 1, 1)`. If your source tree does not
+  support parallel builds, pass `-T1` on the command line to make your build serial.
 * Improved console output: we believe that the output of a parallel build on a stock Maven is hard to follow. Therefore,
 we implemented a simplified a non-rolling view showing the status of each build thread on a separate line. This is
 what it looks like on a machine with 24 cores:
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/DefaultClient.java b/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/DefaultClient.java
index 36fad9829..94cf2b7f6 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/DefaultClient.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/jboss/fuse/mvnd/client/DefaultClient.java
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public ExecutionResult execute(ClientOutput output, List<String> argv) {
 
     static void setDefaultArgs(List<String> args) {
         if (args.stream().noneMatch(arg -> arg.startsWith("-T") || arg.equals("--threads"))) {
-            int procs = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() - 1;
+            final int procs = Math.max(Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() - 1, 1);
             args.add("-T" + procs);
         }
         if (args.stream().noneMatch(arg -> arg.startsWith("-b") || arg.equals("--builder"))) {