diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/settings.rs b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/settings.rs
index f29da7c755..71b9615feb 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/src/settings.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl Settings {
             debug!("settings = {:?}", &settings);
             settings
         } else {
-            panic!("Cannot open file {}. Please copy it to the current directory or specify the path to it using the -p parameter.",
+            panic!("Cannot open file {}. Please copy it to the current directory or specify the path to it using the -j parameter.",
                 json_settings_path);
         }
     }