diff --git a/README b/README
index 9727f85..ad9586f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ The following tools are implemented ('*' == finished, '#' == UTF-8 support,
 =*| uniq            yes                          none
 =*| unlink          yes                          none
 =*| uudecode        yes                          none
-=*  uuencode        yes                          none
+=*| uuencode        yes                          none
 #*  wc              yes                          none
 =   xargs           no                           -I, -L, -p, -s, -t, -x
 =*| yes             non-posix                    none
diff --git a/uuencode.1 b/uuencode.1
index 9744309..e65d8e9 100644
--- a/uuencode.1
+++ b/uuencode.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd February 13, 2015
+.Dd March 18, 2015
 .Dt UUENCODE 1
 .Os sbase
 .Sh NAME
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@
 .Nm
 reads
 .Ar file
-(or by default, the standard input) and writes an encoded version
-to the standard output. The encoding uses only printing ASCII characters and
+and writes an encoded version to stdout.
+The encoding uses only printing ASCII characters and
 includes the mode of the file and the operand
 .Ar name
 for use by uudecode.
+If no
+.Ar name
+is given,
+.Nm
+reads from stdin.
 .Sh OPTIONS
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl m
diff --git a/uuencode.c b/uuencode.c
index 11e9f02..63ea7bd 100644
--- a/uuencode.c
+++ b/uuencode.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ b64e(unsigned char b[2])
 	o = (o << 8) | b64et[p & 0x3f]; p >>= 6;
 	o = (o << 8) | b64et[p & 0x3f]; p >>= 6;
 	o = (o << 8) | b64et[p & 0x3f];
+
 	return o;
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		usage();
 	} ARGEND;
 
-	if (argc == 0 || argc > 2)
+	if (!argc || argc > 2)
 		usage();
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
@@ -127,5 +128,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			uuencode(fp, argv[1], argv[0]);
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
+
 	return 0;
 }