diff --git a/doc/README.sgml b/doc/README.sgml
index 5b318f106..b5b7b65ea 100644
--- a/doc/README.sgml
+++ b/doc/README.sgml
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ Options:
     These options can be used to tweak testing of specific SQL injection
     techniques.
 
-    --technique=TECH    SQL injection techniques to test for (default all)
+    --technique=TECH    SQL injection techniques to test for (default BEUST)
     --time-sec=TIMESEC  Seconds to delay the DBMS response (default 5)
     --union-cols=UCOLS  Range of columns to test for UNION query SQL injection
     --union-char=UCHAR  Character to use for bruteforcing number of columns
diff --git a/lib/core/option.py b/lib/core/option.py
index ff8106ef9..bc4785f55 100644
--- a/lib/core/option.py
+++ b/lib/core/option.py
@@ -607,9 +607,10 @@ def __setOS():
 
 def __setTechnique():
     validTechniques = getPublicTypeMembers(PAYLOAD.TECHNIQUE)
-    selTechniques = []
 
     if conf.tech and isinstance(conf.tech, basestring):
+        selTechniques = []
+
         for t in conf.tech:
             if t.upper() not in ("B", "E", "U", "S", "T"):
                 errMsg = "value for --technique must be a string composed "
@@ -621,6 +622,7 @@ def __setTechnique():
                 if t.upper() == validTech[0]:
                     selTechniques.append(validInt)
                     break
+
         conf.tech = selTechniques
     else:
         conf.tech = filter(lambda x: x in PAYLOAD.SQLINJECTION, [int(c) for c in str(conf.tech)])