diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index efa090cf1f85ad..5eefed5bd4f780 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -3620,8 +3620,8 @@ static void PrintHelp() {
          "  --no-warnings              silence all process warnings\n"
          "  --napi-modules             load N-API modules\n"
          "  --trace-warnings           show stack traces on process warnings\n"
-         "  --redirect-warnings=path\n"
-         "                             write warnings to path instead of\n"
+         "  --redirect-warnings=file\n"
+         "                             write warnings to file instead of\n"
          "                             stderr\n"
          "  --trace-sync-io            show stack trace when use of sync IO\n"
          "                             is detected after the first tick\n"