diff --git a/redis-cli.c b/redis-cli.c
index b1f1e40f83dc559836090897e0ee1834df01d9b8..2db8f2f73ac09da39f43b25c79acd4e31064b497 100644
--- a/redis-cli.c
+++ b/redis-cli.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static void repl() {
     char *line;
     char **ap, *args[max];
 
-    while((line = linenoise(">> ")) != NULL) {
+    while((line = linenoise("redis> ")) != NULL) {
         if (line[0] != '\0') {
           linenoiseHistoryAdd(line);
           argc = 0;