diff --git a/.changeset/cli-pause-and-memory-help.md b/.changeset/cli-pause-and-memory-help.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85887348dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cli-pause-and-memory-help.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@e2b/cli": patch
+---
+
+Fix `e2b template create --memory-mb` help text to reflect the real default of 1024 MB (was incorrectly stated as 512), and switch `e2b sandbox pause` to call the non-deprecated `Sandbox.pause()` instead of the deprecated `Sandbox.betaPause()` alias.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/pause.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/pause.ts
index 0c187214a6..e11a11a5c7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/pause.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/sandbox/pause.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { NotFoundError } from 'e2b'
 
 async function pauseSandbox(sandboxID: string, apiKey: string) {
   try {
-    const paused = await e2b.Sandbox.betaPause(sandboxID, { apiKey })
+    const paused = await e2b.Sandbox.pause(sandboxID, { apiKey })
     if (paused) {
       console.log(`Sandbox ${asBold(sandboxID)} has been paused`)
     } else {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/template/create.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/template/create.ts
index a512f858e4..ab8b351212 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/template/create.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/template/create.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const createCommand = new commander.Command('create')
   )
   .option(
     '--memory-mb <memory-mb>',
-    'specify the amount of memory in megabytes that will be used to run the sandbox. Must be an even number. The default value is 512.',
+    'specify the amount of memory in megabytes that will be used to run the sandbox. Must be an even number. The default value is 1024.',
     parsePositiveInt('Memory in megabytes')
   )
   .option('--no-cache', 'skip cache when building the template.')