diff --git a/git-flow-feature b/git-flow-feature
index 55198ad82..a5e3723d3 100644
--- a/git-flow-feature
+++ b/git-flow-feature
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ cmd_start() {
 cmd_finish() {
 	DEFINE_boolean fetch false "fetch from $ORIGIN before performing finish" F
 	DEFINE_boolean rebase false "rebase instead of merge" r
-	DEFINE_boolean keep false "keep branch after performing finish" k
+	DEFINE_boolean keep true "keep branch after performing finish" k
 	DEFINE_boolean force_delete false "force delete feature branch after finish" D
 	DEFINE_boolean squash false "squash feature during merge" S
 	parse_args "$@"
diff --git a/git-flow-hotfix b/git-flow-hotfix
index ba485f6fe..95fb9b39d 100644
--- a/git-flow-hotfix
+++ b/git-flow-hotfix
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ cmd_finish() {
 	DEFINE_string message "" "use the given tag message" m
 	DEFINE_string messagefile "" "use the contents of the given file as tag message" f
 	DEFINE_boolean push false "push to $ORIGIN after performing finish" p
-	DEFINE_boolean keep false "keep branch after performing finish" k
+	DEFINE_boolean keep true "keep branch after performing finish" k
 	DEFINE_boolean notag false "don't tag this release" n
 	parse_args "$@"
 	require_version_arg