diff --git a/io/serialport/25-serial.html b/io/serialport/25-serial.html
index b1cde5b2..287515bb 100644
--- a/io/serialport/25-serial.html
+++ b/io/serialport/25-serial.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 <script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="serial in">
     <p>Reads data from a local serial port.</p>
-    <p>Can either <ul><li>wait for a "split" character (default \n). Also accepts hex notation (0x0a).</li>
+    <p>Can either <ul><li>wait for a "split" character (default \n). Also accepts hex notation (0x0d).</li>
     <li>Wait for a timeout in milliseconds for the first character received</li>
     <li>Wait to fill a fixed sized buffer</li></ul></p>
     <p>It then outputs <code>msg.payload</code> as either a UTF8 ascii string or a binary Buffer object.</p>
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@
     <div class="form-tips" id="tip-bin" hidden><span data-i18n="serial.tip.timeout"></span></div>
 </script>
 
+<script type="text/x-red" data-help-name="serial-port">
+    <p>Provides configuration options for a serial port.</p>
+    <p>The search button should return a list of available serial ports to choose from, or you
+    can type in the location if known.</p>
+    <p>The input can be split on a fixed character, after a timeout, or after a fixed number of characters.</p>
+    <p>If using a character, it can be specified as either the character, the escaped shortcut (e.g. \n), or the hex code (e.g. 0x0d).</p>
+</script>
+
 <script type="text/javascript">
     RED.nodes.registerType('serial-port',{
         category: 'config',
diff --git a/io/serialport/25-serial.js b/io/serialport/25-serial.js
index 0f9a9bc4..c2128c5b 100644
--- a/io/serialport/25-serial.js
+++ b/io/serialport/25-serial.js
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                         var olderr = "";
                         var setupSerial = function() {
                             obj.serial = new serialp(port,{
-                                baudrate: baud,
-                                databits: databits,
+                                baudRate: baud,
+                                dataBits: databits,
                                 parity: parity,
-                                stopbits: stopbits,
-                                parser: serialp.parsers.raw,
+                                stopBits: stopbits,
+                                //parser: serialp.parsers.raw,
                                 autoOpen: true
                             }, function(err, results) {
                                 if (err) {
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                                     obj._emitter.emit('data',d[z]);
                                 }
                             });
-                            obj.serial.on("disconnect",function() {
-                                RED.log.error(RED._("serial.errors.disconnected",{port:port}));
-                            });
+                            // obj.serial.on("disconnect",function() {
+                            //     RED.log.error(RED._("serial.errors.disconnected",{port:port}));
+                            // });
                         }
                         setupSerial();
                         return obj;
diff --git a/io/serialport/README.md b/io/serialport/README.md
index 0c26f72a..1d29792d 100644
--- a/io/serialport/README.md
+++ b/io/serialport/README.md
@@ -4,16 +4,11 @@ node-red-node-serialport
 <a href="http://nodered.org" target="_new">Node-RED</a> nodes to talk to
 hardware Serial ports.
 
-**Note** : The version 0.1.x of this package requires underlying serialport
-v2.0.x
-
-Earlier versions of node.js, as found on default Debian install on a Raspberry Pi, require an
-updated version of npm. See below. Or you can install the older version of
-this node - node-red-node-serialport@0.0.5
-
 Install
 -------
 
+This node is usually installed by default in Node-RED so should not need to be installed manually.
+
 Run the following command in your Node-RED user directory (typically `~/.node-red`):
 
         npm i node-red-node-serialport
diff --git a/io/serialport/package.json b/io/serialport/package.json
index ea71a8f9..ba56f897 100644
--- a/io/serialport/package.json
+++ b/io/serialport/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
     "name"          : "node-red-node-serialport",
-    "version"       : "0.4.4",
+    "version"       : "0.6.0",
     "description"   : "Node-RED nodes to talk to serial ports",
     "dependencies"  : {
-        "serialport"   : "~4.0.7"
+        "serialport"   : "^6.0.4"
     },
     "repository" : {
         "type":"git",
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "keywords": [ "node-red", "serial" ],
     "node-red": {
-        "version": ">=0.14.0",
+        "version": ">=0.16.0",
         "nodes": {
             "serialport": "25-serial.js"
         }