diff --git a/plugins/Irc/README b/plugins/Irc/README
index 5b86a04499..2429a5b81f 100644
--- a/plugins/Irc/README
+++ b/plugins/Irc/README
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ password: Password
 nickservpassword: NickServ password for identification
 channels: Channels for bot to idle in
 transporttype: Set to 'ssl' to enable SSL
-encoding: Set to UTF8 to enable UTF8 encoding
+encoding: Set to change encoding
 
 * required
 
diff --git a/plugins/Irc/ircmanager.php b/plugins/Irc/ircmanager.php
index 8919e005e3..c885064916 100644
--- a/plugins/Irc/ircmanager.php
+++ b/plugins/Irc/ircmanager.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class IrcManager extends ImManager {
             $port = empty($this->plugin->port) ? 6667 : $this->plugin->port;
             $password = empty($this->plugin->password) ? '' : $this->plugin->password;
             $transport = empty($this->plugin->transporttype) ? 'tcp' : $this->plugin->transporttype;
-            $encoding = empty($this->plugin->encoding) ? 'UTF8' : $this->plugin->encoding;
+            $encoding = empty($this->plugin->encoding) ? 'UTF-8' : $this->plugin->encoding;
             $nickservpassword = empty($this->plugin->nickservpassword) ? '' : $this->plugin->nickservpassword;
             $channels = empty($this->plugin->channels) ? array() : $this->plugin->channels;