diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 5372a9622a7bd2652edc08160d68a097f139782a..d51ac2ebfe8562a2e9ac08215e530aef13b085de 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ static void help(int exitcode)
            "ctrl-alt        toggle mouse and keyboard grab\n"
            "\n"
            "When using -nographic, press 'ctrl-a h' to get some help.\n",
-           "qemu",
+           error_get_progname(),
            options_help);
     exit(exitcode);
 }