diff --git a/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go b/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go
index d7f7224fb..ee87784f1 100644
--- a/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go
+++ b/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func NewCommands() []cli.Command {
         - 'CustomContracts' - define valid custom contract hashes for witness check.
         - 'CustomGroups' - define custom pubkey for group members.
 
-   If no scopes were specified, 'Global' used as default. If no signers were
+   If no scopes were specified, 'CalledByEntry' used as default. If no signers were
    specified, no array is passed. Note that scopes are properly handled by 
    neo-go RPC server only. C# implementation does not support scopes capability.
 
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ func parseCosigner(c string) (transaction.Signer, error) {
 	var (
 		err error
 		res = transaction.Signer{
-			Scopes: transaction.Global,
+			Scopes: transaction.CalledByEntry,
 		}
 	)
 	data := strings.SplitN(c, ":", 2)
diff --git a/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract_test.go b/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract_test.go
index 89af4f7be..e00ea71ec 100644
--- a/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract_test.go
+++ b/cli/smartcontract/smart_contract_test.go
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ func TestParseCosigner(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := map[string]transaction.Signer{
 		acc.StringLE(): {
 			Account: acc,
-			Scopes:  transaction.Global,
+			Scopes:  transaction.CalledByEntry,
 		},
 		"0x" + acc.StringLE(): {
 			Account: acc,
-			Scopes:  transaction.Global,
+			Scopes:  transaction.CalledByEntry,
 		},
 		acc.StringLE() + ":Global": {
 			Account: acc,