Rsync With Non Default Port

I am transfering some files from one server to another. Both server runs SSH on port 3333.

Quote:

rsync -a -v -e ssh --port=3333 --progress --timeout=0 -e ssh /var/cpanel/packages root@server42.hostname.com:/var/cpanel/

When i use this command, i get following error

Quote:

root@server40 [~]# rsync -a -v -e ssh --port=3333 --progress --timeout=0 -e ssh /var/cpanel/packages root@server42.hostname.com:/var/cpanel/
ssh: connect to host server42.hostname.com port 22: Connection refused
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(453) [sender=2.6.9]
root@server40 [~]#

Why it says port 22 in error message ? I have specified --port=3333 in options.

Also i am able to connect to other server on port 3333

Quote:

root@server40 [~]# telnet server42.hostname.com 3333
Trying 72.9.145.200...
Connected to server42.hostname.com (72.9.145.200).
Escape character is '^]'.
SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_3.9p1

why rsync is not working?