diff --git a/usr.bin/w/w.c b/usr.bin/w/w.c
index a10275286b3..44d8009fc8d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/w/w.c
+++ b/usr.bin/w/w.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static const char copyright[] =
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)w.c	8.4 (Berkeley) 4/16/94";
 #endif
 static const char rcsid[] =
-	"$Id: w.c,v 1.27 1998/05/21 08:46:48 jkoshy Exp $";
+	"$Id: w.c,v 1.28 1998/06/09 04:35:20 imp Exp $";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 /*
@@ -141,10 +141,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	(void) setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 
 	/* Are we w(1) or uptime(1)? */
-	p = __progname;
-	if (*p == '-')
-		p++;
-	if (*p == 'u') {
+	if (strstr(__progname, "uptime")) {
 		wcmd = 0;
 		p = "";
 	} else {