diff --git a/contrib/wpa_supplicant/main.c b/contrib/wpa_supplicant/main.c
index fdce7c51452b..09842ed9e91c 100644
--- a/contrib/wpa_supplicant/main.c
+++ b/contrib/wpa_supplicant/main.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 	       "  -N = start describing new interface\n");
 
 	printf("example:\n"
-	       "  wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf\n");
+	       "  wpa_supplicant -Dbsd -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf\n");
 #endif /* CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG */
 }