diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/option/SubstrateOptionsParser.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/option/SubstrateOptionsParser.java
index baaa69e0ec52..6247d2331dce 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/option/SubstrateOptionsParser.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/option/SubstrateOptionsParser.java
@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ public static String commandArgument(OptionKey<?> option, String value, String a
                     }
                 }
             }
-            return HOSTED_OPTION_PREFIX + value + option;
+            String optionString = HOSTED_OPTION_PREFIX + value + option;
+            assert apiOptionName == null : "The API option " + apiOptionName + " not found for " + optionString;
+            return optionString;
         } else {
             String apiOptionWithValue = null;
             for (APIOption apiOption : apiOptions) {
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ProgressReporterFeature.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ProgressReporterFeature.java
index 12dfc270935a..0cdd7e80d321 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ProgressReporterFeature.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ProgressReporterFeature.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public void createAdditionalArtifacts(@SuppressWarnings("unused") BuildArtifacts
     protected List<UserRecommendation> getRecommendations() {
         return List.of(// in order of appearance:
                         new UserRecommendation("INIT",
-                                        "Adopt " + SubstrateOptionsParser.commandArgument(ClassInitializationOptions.StrictImageHeap, "+", "strict-initial-heap", true, false) +
+                                        "Adopt " + SubstrateOptionsParser.commandArgument(ClassInitializationOptions.StrictImageHeap, "+", "strict-image-heap", true, false) +
                                                         " to prepare for the next GraalVM release.",
                                         () -> !ClassInitializationOptions.StrictImageHeap.getValue()),
                         new UserRecommendation("AWT", "Use the tracing agent to collect metadata for AWT.", ProgressReporterFeature::recommendTraceAgentForAWT),