diff --git a/solr/bin/solr b/solr/bin/solr
index 71e8f654b67..ac33cc0f33f 100755
--- a/solr/bin/solr
+++ b/solr/bin/solr
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ function print_usage() {
     echo ""
     echo "  -v and -q     Verbose (-v) or quiet (-q) logging. Sets default log level to DEBUG or WARN instead of INFO"
     echo ""
-    echo "  -V or -version Verbose messages from this script"
+    echo "  -V or -verbose Verbose messages from this script"
     echo ""
   elif [ "$CMD" == "stop" ]; then
     echo ""