diff --git a/cmd/uplink/cmd/share.go b/cmd/uplink/cmd/share.go
index 953be3f26..667014bd5 100644
--- a/cmd/uplink/cmd/share.go
+++ b/cmd/uplink/cmd/share.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import (
 
 var shareCfg struct {
 	DisallowReads     bool     `default:"false" help:"if true, disallow reads" basic-help:"true"`
-	DisallowWrites    bool     `default:"false" help:"if true, disallow writes" basic-help:"true"`
+	DisallowWrites    bool     `default:"false" help:"if true, disallow writes. see also readonly" basic-help:"true"`
 	DisallowLists     bool     `default:"false" help:"if true, disallow lists" basic-help:"true"`
-	DisallowDeletes   bool     `default:"false" help:"if true, disallow deletes" basic-help:"true"`
-	Readonly          bool     `default:"false" help:"implies disallow_writes and disallow_deletes" basic-help:"true"`
+	DisallowDeletes   bool     `default:"false" help:"if true, disallow deletes. see also readonly" basic-help:"true"`
+	Readonly          bool     `default:"true" help:"implies disallow_writes and disallow_deletes. you must specify --readonly=false if you don't want this" basic-help:"true"`
 	Writeonly         bool     `default:"false" help:"implies disallow_reads and disallow_lists" basic-help:"true"`
 	NotBefore         string   `help:"disallow access before this time (e.g. '+2h', '2020-01-02T15:01:01-01:00')" basic-help:"true"`
 	NotAfter          string   `help:"disallow access after this time (e.g. '+2h', '2020-01-02T15:01:01-01:00')" basic-help:"true"`
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func shareMain(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 	fmt.Println("=========== SERIALIZED ACCESS WITH THE ABOVE RESTRICTIONS TO SHARE WITH OTHERS ===========")
 	fmt.Println("Access    :", newAccessData)
 
-	if len(shareCfg.AllowedPathPrefix) == 1 {
+	if len(shareCfg.AllowedPathPrefix) == 1 && !permission.AllowUpload && !permission.AllowDelete {
 		fmt.Println("=========== BROWSER URL ==================================================================")
 		p, err := fpath.New(shareCfg.AllowedPathPrefix[0])
 		if err != nil {
@@ -156,10 +156,6 @@ func shareMain(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 			url.PathEscape(newAccessData),
 			url.PathEscape(p.Bucket()),
 			url.PathEscape(p.Path())))
-	} else {
-		fmt.Println("=========== BROWSER URL PREFIX ===========================================================")
-		fmt.Println("URL       :", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", shareCfg.BaseURL,
-			url.PathEscape(newAccessData)))
 	}
 
 	if shareCfg.ExportTo != "" {