diff --git a/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.c b/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.c
index 788825e0e07c..a6498f0b0b6e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/kgzip/kgzip.c
@@ -171,6 +171,6 @@ static void
 usage(void)
 {
     fprintf(stderr,
-      "usage: kgzip [-cv] [-f format] [-l file] [-o filename] file\n");
+      "usage: kgzip [-cv] [-f format] [-l loader] [-o output] file\n");
     exit(1);
 }