diff --git a/doc/nextcloudcmd.rst b/doc/nextcloudcmd.rst
index a0630192c..7cd41f3ad 100644
--- a/doc/nextcloudcmd.rst
+++ b/doc/nextcloudcmd.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ the server URL.
 
 Other command line switches supported by ``nextcloudcmd`` include the following:
 
+``--path``
+       Overrides default remote root folder to a specific subfolder on the server(e.g.: /Documents would sync the Documents subfolder on the server)
+
 ``--user``, ``-u`` ``[user]``
        Use ``user`` as the login name.
 
@@ -67,12 +70,6 @@ Other command line switches supported by ``nextcloudcmd`` include the following:
 ``--httpproxy  http://[user@pass:]<server>:<port>``
       Uses ``server`` as HTTP proxy.
 
-``--nonshib``
-      Uses Non Shibboleth WebDAV Authentication
-
-``--davpath [path]``
-      Overrides the WebDAV Path with ``path``
-
 ``--exclude [file]``
       Exclude list file
 
@@ -92,15 +89,15 @@ Credential Handling
 
 ::
 
-  $ nextcloudcmd /home/user/my_sync_folder https://carla:secret@server/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/
+  $ nextcloudcmd /home/user/my_sync_folder https://carla:secret@server/nextcloud
 
 To synchronize the Nextcloud directory ``Music`` to the local directory
 ``media/music``, through a proxy listening on port ``8080``, and on a gateway
 machine using IP address ``192.168.178.1``, the command line would be::
 
-  $ nextcloudcmd --httpproxy http://192.168.178.1:8080 \
+  $ nextcloudcmd --httpproxy http://192.168.178.1:8080 --path /Music \
                 $HOME/media/music \
-                https://server/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/Music
+                https://server/nextcloud
 
 ``nextcloudcmd`` will prompt for the user name and password, unless they have
 been specified on the command line or ``-n`` has been passed.
@@ -120,5 +117,5 @@ Example
 
 ::
 
-    $ nextcloudcmd /home/user/<my_sync_folder> \
-    https://<username>:<secret>@<server_address>/remote.php/dav/<Directory_that_has_been_created>
+    $ nextcloudcmd --path /<Directory_that_has_been_created> /home/user/<my_sync_folder> \
+    https://<username>:<secret>@<server_address>
diff --git a/man/nextcloudcmd.1.rst b/man/nextcloudcmd.1.rst
index 84a95a65c..a78a99a23 100644
--- a/man/nextcloudcmd.1.rst
+++ b/man/nextcloudcmd.1.rst
@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@ The first parameter is the local directory. The second parameter is
 the server URL.
 
 .. note:: Prior to the 1.6 release of nextcloudcmd, the tool only accepted
-   ``nextcloud://`` or ``nextclouds://`` in place of ``http://`` and ``https://`` as
+   ``owncloud://`` or ``ownclouds://`` in place of ``http://`` and ``https://`` as
    a scheme. See ``Examples`` for details.
 
 OPTIONS
 =======
+``--path``
+       Overrides default remote root folder to a specific subfolder on the server(e.g.: /Documents would sync the Documents subfolder on the server)
+
 ``—user``, ``-u`` ``[user]``
        Use ``user`` as the login name.
 
@@ -50,12 +53,6 @@ OPTIONS
 ``—httpproxy  http://[user@pass:]<server>:<port>``
       Uses ``server`` as HTTP proxy.
 
-``—nonshib``
-      Uses Non Shibboleth WebDAV Authentication
-
-``—davpath [path]``
-      Overrides the WebDAV Path with ``path``
-
 ``—exclude [file]``
       Exclude list file
 
@@ -74,18 +71,18 @@ To synchronize the nextCloud directory ``Music`` to the local directory ``media/
 through a proxy listening on port ``8080`` on the gateway machine ``192.168.178.1``,
 the command line would be::
 
-  $ nextcloudcmd —httpproxy http://192.168.178.1:8080 \
+  $ nextcloudcmd —httpproxy http://192.168.178.1:8080 --path /Music \
                 $HOME/media/music \
-                https://server/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/Music
+                https://server/nextcloud
 
 ``nextcloudcmd`` will enquire user name and password, unless they have
 been specified on the command line or ``-n`` (see `netrc(5)`) has been passed.
 
 Using the legacy scheme, it would be::
 
-  $ nextcloudcmd —httpproxy http://192.168.178.1:8080 \
+  $ nextcloudcmd —httpproxy http://192.168.178.1:8080 --path /Music \
                 $HOME/media/music \
-                nextclouds://server/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/Music
+                ownclouds://server/nextcloud
 
 
 BUGS
diff --git a/src/cmd/cmd.cpp b/src/cmd/cmd.cpp
index ca54a3427..db446abaa 100644
--- a/src/cmd/cmd.cpp
+++ b/src/cmd/cmd.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ struct CmdOptions
     bool ignoreHiddenFiles;
     QString exclude;
     QString unsyncedfolders;
-    QString davPath;
     int restartTimes;
     int downlimit;
     int uplimit;
@@ -352,11 +351,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
-    // check if the dav path was added to the url and append if not.
-    if (!options.target_url.endsWith("/")) {
-        options.target_url.append("/");
-    }
-
     QUrl hostUrl = QUrl::fromUserInput(options.target_url);
 
     // Order of retrieval attempt (later attempts override earlier ones):