diff --git a/src/tools/windeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/windeployqt/main.cpp
index 1a6a521ee7..26675b378d 100644
--- a/src/tools/windeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/windeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int parseEarlyArguments(const QStringList &arguments, Options *options,
     }
 
     if (parser.isSet(qmakeOption) && optVerboseLevel >= 1)
-        std::wcerr << "Warning: -qmake option is deprecated. Use -qpaths instead.\n";
+        std::wcerr << "Warning: -qmake option is deprecated. Use -qtpaths instead.\n";
 
     if (parser.isSet(qtpathsOption) || parser.isSet(qmakeOption)) {
         const QString qtpathsArg = parser.isSet(qtpathsOption) ? parser.value(qtpathsOption)