diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index a614512838f8057d6383f2b9e20077c0b3c1a811..035ee01c3429638845e49a26662514d1c701d68d 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -12694,7 +12694,7 @@ cmdEvent(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
         }
     } else if (!all) {
         vshError(ctl, "%s",
-                 _("one of --list, --all, or event type is required"));
+                 _("one of --list, --all, or --event <type> is required"));
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/virsh-network.c b/tools/virsh-network.c
index eec7faf7b8909f8b28450be68f3a7bf8a36fa850..431a750fb6ead18283de61f718afd19d5c7efea7 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-network.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-network.c
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ cmdNetworkEvent(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "event", &eventName) < 0)
         return false;
     if (!eventName) {
-        vshError(ctl, "%s", _("either --list or event type is required"));
+        vshError(ctl, "%s", _("either --list or --event <type> is required"));
         return false;
     }
     if ((event = virshNetworkEventIdTypeFromString(eventName)) < 0) {
diff --git a/tools/virsh-nodedev.c b/tools/virsh-nodedev.c
index 805c0ffe71d0b201b030ede322789273cc734af0..321f15cb704e330b43ca352179697cc672aae788 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-nodedev.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-nodedev.c
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ cmdNodeDeviceEvent(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "event", &eventName) < 0)
         return false;
     if (!eventName) {
-        vshError(ctl, "%s", _("either --list or event type is required"));
+        vshError(ctl, "%s", _("either --list or --event <type> is required"));
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/virsh-pool.c b/tools/virsh-pool.c
index d25851e943a866d143f2acc28977af0b425c9b14..3bc96b204dd913c4ce705d387ccf5e0a2da411e6 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-pool.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-pool.c
@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@ cmdPoolEvent(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     if (vshCommandOptStringReq(ctl, cmd, "event", &eventName) < 0)
         return false;
     if (!eventName) {
-        vshError(ctl, "%s", _("either --list or event type is required"));
+        vshError(ctl, "%s", _("either --list or --event <type> is required"));
         return false;
     }