diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.txt b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.txt
index feaf46451e83..3a9f2037bd23 100644
--- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.txt
+++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat.txt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --tracepoints::
         retrieve statistics from tracepoints
 
-*z*::
+-z::
 --skip-zero-records::
         omit records with all zeros in logging mode