diff --git a/docs/content/Middlemanager.md b/docs/content/Middlemanager.md
index c143bb919875633402f1d1d039bfc5d5f1595b1a..7b71db207ba516cdc4da650786844e39d7cfaa82 100644
--- a/docs/content/Middlemanager.md
+++ b/docs/content/Middlemanager.md
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ Middle managers pass their configurations down to their child peons. The middle
 |`druid.indexer.runner.javaCommand`|Command required to execute java.|java|
 |`druid.indexer.runner.javaOpts`|-X Java options to run the peon in its own JVM.|""|
 |`druid.indexer.runner.classpath`|Java classpath for the peon.|System.getProperty("java.class.path")|
-|`druid.indexer.runner.startPort`|The port that peons begin running on.|8080|
+|`druid.indexer.runner.startPort`|The port that peons begin running on.|8081|
 |`druid.indexer.runner.allowedPrefixes`|Whitelist of prefixes for configs that can be passed down to child peons.|"com.metamx", "druid", "io.druid", "user.timezone","file.encoding"|
 
diff --git a/docs/content/Simple-Cluster-Configuration.md b/docs/content/Simple-Cluster-Configuration.md
index 51bc7778fd901fae175a007baff40a9008029019..33e0c8d13bd271706e822cbb17ceb5a37d34111c 100644
--- a/docs/content/Simple-Cluster-Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/content/Simple-Cluster-Configuration.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Configuration:
 -Ddruid.selectors.indexing.serviceName=overlord
 -Ddruid.indexer.queue.startDelay=PT0M
 -Ddruid.indexer.runner.javaOpts="-server -Xmx1g"
+-Ddruid.indexer.runner.startPort=8088
 -Ddruid.indexer.fork.property.druid.processing.numThreads=1
 -Ddruid.indexer.fork.property.druid.computation.buffer.size=100000000
 ```
diff --git a/examples/config/overlord/runtime.properties b/examples/config/overlord/runtime.properties
index 2e4802e0f50fddc08c5003bddb306c346f43fe81..7a267d7114e0d1c3453b40370d11b59434b74bc6 100644
--- a/examples/config/overlord/runtime.properties
+++ b/examples/config/overlord/runtime.properties
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ druid.db.connector.password=diurd
 druid.selectors.indexing.serviceName=overlord
 druid.indexer.queue.startDelay=PT0M
 druid.indexer.runner.javaOpts="-server -Xmx256m"
+druid.indexer.runner.startPort=8088
 druid.indexer.fork.property.druid.processing.numThreads=1
 druid.indexer.fork.property.druid.computation.buffer.size=100000000
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