diff --git a/retval/retval.rs b/retval/retval.rs
index 50de9c0..645e91d 100644
--- a/retval/retval.rs
+++ b/retval/retval.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::{env::args, process::ExitCode};
 
 fn usage(s: &str) -> ExitCode {
-    eprintln!("Usage: {} [status]", s);
+    eprintln!("Usage: {} status", s);
     ExitCode::from(64 /* NetBSD sysexits(3) EX_USAGE */)
 }