diff --git a/requests/cookies.py b/requests/cookies.py
index 41d0fabe..92a24ccb 100644
--- a/requests/cookies.py
+++ b/requests/cookies.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class RequestsCookieJar(cookielib.CookieJar, collections.MutableMapping):
     Unlike a regular CookieJar, this class is pickleable.
     """
 
-    def get(self, name, domain=None, path=None, default=None):
+    def get(self, name, default=None, domain=None, path=None):
         try:
             return self._find(name, domain, path)
         except KeyError: