diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c
index 010e345df57fd9d734390e711509b90ace6106e0..73d09417dd11f505d0e20306f5b4a9c21539fff2 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.c
+++ b/tools/virsh.c
@@ -11694,7 +11694,7 @@ vshUsage(void)
                       "    -q | --quiet            quiet mode\n"
                       "    -t | --timing           print timing information\n"
                       "    -l | --log <file>       output logging to file\n"
-                      "    -v | --version[=short]  program version\n\n"
+                      "    -v | --version[=short]  program version\n"
                       "    -V | --version=long     version and full options\n\n"
                       "  commands (non interactive mode):\n\n"), progname, progname);