diff --git a/sbin/routed/rtquery/rtquery.c b/sbin/routed/rtquery/rtquery.c
index 18c1b1a01d2a..e031c26feb5f 100644
--- a/sbin/routed/rtquery/rtquery.c
+++ b/sbin/routed/rtquery/rtquery.c
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ static char rcsid[] = "$NetBSD$";
 
 int	s;
 
-char	*pgmname;
-
 union {
 	struct rip rip;
 	char	packet[MAXPACKETSIZE+MAXPATHLEN];
@@ -117,7 +115,6 @@ main(int argc,
 	OMSG.rip_nets[0].n_family = RIP_AF_UNSPEC;
 	OMSG.rip_nets[0].n_metric = htonl(HOPCNT_INFINITY);
 
-	pgmname = argv[0];
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "np1w:r:t:a:")) != -1)
 		switch (ch) {
 		case 'n':
@@ -150,8 +147,7 @@ main(int argc,
 			if (!rflag) {
 				struct hostent *hp = gethostbyname(optarg);
 				if (hp == 0) {
-					fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s:",
-						pgmname, optarg);
+					fprintf(stderr, "rtquery: %s:", optarg);
 					herror(0);
 					exit(1);
 				}
@@ -242,11 +238,9 @@ main(int argc,
 	argv += optind;
 	argc -= optind;
 	if ((not_trace && trace) || argc == 0) {
-usage:		fprintf(stderr, "%s: [-np1v] [-r tgt_rt] [-w wtime]"
-			" [-a type=passwd] host1 [host2 ...]\n"
-			"or\t-t {on=filename|more|off|dump}"
-			" host1 [host2 ...]\n",
-			pgmname);
+usage:		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n%s\n",
+		"usage: rtquery [-np1v] [-r addr] [-w timeout] [-a secret] host ...",
+		"       rtquery [-t op] host ...");
 		exit(1);
 	}