diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ProjectTask.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ProjectTask.php
index b5bb2f3f2..3949a2392 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ProjectTask.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/Task/ProjectTask.php
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ class ProjectTask extends Shell {
 			))->addOption('empty', array(
 				'help' => __d('cake_console', 'Create empty files in each of the directories. Good if you are using git')
 			))->addOption('skel', array(
-				'default' => current(App::core('Console')) . DS . 'templates' . DS . 'skel',
+				'default' => current(App::core('Console')) . 'templates' . DS . 'skel',
 				'help' => __d('cake_console', 'The directory layout to use for the new application skeleton. Defaults to cake/console/templates/skel of CakePHP used to create the project.')
 			));
 	}