diff --git a/telegram/bot.py b/telegram/bot.py
index 47935ccfa..4dee3ffc9 100644
--- a/telegram/bot.py
+++ b/telegram/bot.py
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@ class Bot(TelegramObject):
             :obj:`telegram.utils.request.Request`.
         private_key (:obj:`bytes`, optional): Private key for decryption of telegram passport data.
         private_key_password (:obj:`bytes`, optional): Password for above private key.
-        parse_mode (:obj:`str`, optional): Default parse mode used if not set explicitly in method
-                call. See the constants in :class:`telegram.ParseMode` for the available modes.
+        default_parse_mode (:obj:`str`, optional): Default parse mode used if not set explicitly in
+            method call. See the constants in :class:`telegram.ParseMode` for the available modes.
 
     """
 
     def __init__(self, token, base_url=None, base_file_url=None, request=None, private_key=None,
-                 private_key_password=None, parse_mode=None):
+                 private_key_password=None, default_parse_mode=None):
         self.token = self._validate_token(token)
-        self.default_parse_mode = parse_mode
+        self.default_parse_mode = default_parse_mode
 
         if base_url is None:
             base_url = 'https://api.telegram.org/bot'
@@ -1489,7 +1489,6 @@ class Bot(TelegramObject):
         data.update(kwargs)
 
         result = self._request.post(url, data, timeout=timeout)
-        print(data)
 
         return result
 
diff --git a/telegram/ext/updater.py b/telegram/ext/updater.py
index 6e437b703..6cb3516b8 100644
--- a/telegram/ext/updater.py
+++ b/telegram/ext/updater.py
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ class Updater(object):
         persistence (:class:`telegram.ext.BasePersistence`): Optional. The persistence class to
             store data that should be persistent over restarts.
         use_context (:obj:`bool`, optional): ``True`` if using context based callbacks.
+        default_parse_mode (:obj:`str`, optional): Default parse mode used if not set explicitly in
+            method call. See the constants in :class:`telegram.ParseMode` for the available modes.
 
     Args:
         token (:obj:`str`, optional): The bot's token given by the @BotFather.
@@ -81,8 +83,8 @@ class Updater(object):
             set this to ``True``.
         persistence (:class:`telegram.ext.BasePersistence`, optional): The persistence class to
             store data that should be persistent over restarts.
-        parse_mode (:obj:`str`, optional): Default parse mode used if not set explicitly in method
-                call. See the constants in :class:`telegram.ParseMode` for the available modes.
+        default_parse_mode (:obj:`str`, optional): Default parse mode used if not set explicitly in
+            method call. See the constants in :class:`telegram.ParseMode` for the available modes.
 
     Note:
         You must supply either a :attr:`bot` or a :attr:`token` argument.
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ class Updater(object):
                  user_sig_handler=None,
                  request_kwargs=None,
                  persistence=None,
-                 parse_mode=None,
+                 default_parse_mode=None,
                  use_context=False):
 
         if (token is None) and (bot is None):
@@ -137,7 +139,8 @@ class Updater(object):
                 request_kwargs['con_pool_size'] = con_pool_size
             self._request = Request(**request_kwargs)
             self.bot = Bot(token, base_url, request=self._request, private_key=private_key,
-                           private_key_password=private_key_password, parse_mode=parse_mode)
+                           private_key_password=private_key_password,
+                           default_parse_mode=default_parse_mode)
         self.user_sig_handler = user_sig_handler
         self.update_queue = Queue()
         self.job_queue = JobQueue()