diff --git a/include/asterisk/app.h b/include/asterisk/app.h
index 75d1fbb7ece81af42f8d1842d681d2cadcd1d3e0..87e0b5d415a41cecd86ed682deb798e2925c9036 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/app.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/app.h
@@ -864,13 +864,13 @@ int ast_app_group_list_unlock(void);
   \param parse A modifiable buffer containing the input to be parsed
 
   This function will separate the input string using the standard argument
-  separator character ',' and fill in the provided structure, including
+  separator character '|' and fill in the provided structure, including
   the argc argument counter field.
  */
 #define AST_STANDARD_APP_ARGS(args, parse) \
-	args.argc = __ast_app_separate_args(parse, ',', 1, args.argv, ((sizeof(args) - offsetof(typeof(args), argv)) / sizeof(args.argv[0])))
+	args.argc = __ast_app_separate_args(parse, '|', 1, args.argv, ((sizeof(args) - offsetof(typeof(args), argv)) / sizeof(args.argv[0])))
 #define AST_STANDARD_RAW_ARGS(args, parse) \
-	args.argc = __ast_app_separate_args(parse, ',', 0, args.argv, ((sizeof(args) - offsetof(typeof(args), argv)) / sizeof(args.argv[0])))
+	args.argc = __ast_app_separate_args(parse, '|', 0, args.argv, ((sizeof(args) - offsetof(typeof(args), argv)) / sizeof(args.argv[0])))
 
 /*!
   \brief Performs the 'nonstandard' argument separation process for an application.
diff --git a/main/xmldoc.c b/main/xmldoc.c
index 2dd343263290e9a0fc015baf929b4fb3dc2e47a7..2ede8240edba18574eaac3ef07ebba5fb698a689 100644
--- a/main/xmldoc.c
+++ b/main/xmldoc.c
@@ -709,13 +709,13 @@ static char *xmldoc_get_syntax_fun(struct ast_xml_node *rootnode, const char *ro
 	}
 
 	/* Get the argument separator from the root node attribute name 'argsep', if not found
-	defaults to ','. */
+	defaults to '|'. */
 	attrargsep = ast_xml_get_attribute(rootnode, "argsep");
 	if (attrargsep) {
 		argsep = ast_strdupa(attrargsep);
 		ast_xml_free_attr(attrargsep);
 	} else {
-		argsep = ast_strdupa(",");
+		argsep = ast_strdupa("|");
 	}
 
 	/* Get order of evaluation. */