diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 2e3c6100b6765d5ee3ed2b09ca0074cc0e8ce5b8..0c578ed3714825eb56a12e3f37f27254d333d81a 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -3567,7 +3567,7 @@ static void show_help(void)
 {
     av_log_set_callback(log_callback_help);
     printf("Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder\n");
-    printf("usage: ffmpeg [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...\n");
+    printf("usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options] outfile}...\n");
     printf("\n");
     show_help_options(options, "Main options:\n",
                       OPT_EXPERT | OPT_AUDIO | OPT_VIDEO | OPT_SUBTITLE | OPT_GRAB, 0);