diff --git a/src/nvim/main.c b/src/nvim/main.c
index 97fc5b0712..d992619287 100644
--- a/src/nvim/main.c
+++ b/src/nvim/main.c
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ static void command_line_scan(mparm_T *parmp)
             msg_putchar('\n');
             msg_didout = FALSE;
             mch_exit(0);
-	  } else if (STRICMP(argv[0] + argv_idx, "api-metadata") == 0) {
+	  } else if (STRICMP(argv[0] + argv_idx, "api-msgpack-metadata") == 0) {
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i<msgpack_metadata_size; i++) {
               putchar(msgpack_metadata[i]);
             }
@@ -2247,7 +2247,7 @@ static void usage(void)
   main_msg(_("--startuptime <file>\tWrite startup timing messages to <file>"));
 #endif
   main_msg(_("-i <viminfo>\t\tUse <viminfo> instead of .viminfo"));
-  main_msg(_("--api-metadata\tDump API metadata information and exit"));
+  main_msg(_("--api-msgpack-metadata\tDump API metadata information and exit"));
   main_msg(_("-h  or  --help\tPrint Help (this message) and exit"));
   main_msg(_("--version\t\tPrint version information and exit"));