diff --git a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
index 632cc6ae308..a91ed9fb0e6 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/newsyslog/newsyslog.c
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ usage(void)
 {
 
 	fprintf(stderr,
-	    "usage: newsyslog [-CFnrsv] [-a directory] [-f config-file]\n"
+	    "usage: newsyslog [-CFnrsv] [-a directory] [-d directory] [-f config-file]\n"
 	    "                 [ [-R requestor] filename ... ]\n");
 	exit(1);
 }