diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 3679074983..f1c3f49a83 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 $log->info("--------------- STARTING -----------------");
 
 my $usage =
-    "Usage: git cvsserver [options] [pserver|server] [<directory> ...]\n".
+    "usage: git cvsserver [options] [pserver|server] [<directory> ...]\n".
     "    --base-path <path>  : Prepend to requested CVSROOT\n".
     "                          Can be read from GIT_CVSSERVER_BASE_PATH\n".
     "    --strict-paths      : Don't allow recursing into subdirectories\n".