diff --git a/share/examples/run_testcases_validation b/share/examples/run_testcases_validation
index be3d227899f856b34d626b5fad89100ae6ef0dc7..88521a822713963c03246d7cc4be795b8a9de4c6 100755
--- a/share/examples/run_testcases_validation
+++ b/share/examples/run_testcases_validation
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ set_prefix() {
 set_prefix "${0}"
 
 if [ $# -eq 1 ] && [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
-    echo "usage: $0 [--now] [VARIANT [BRANCH]]"
+    echo "usage: $0 [--now] [BRANCH [VARIANT]]"
     echo "  This script runs the validation testcases using the provided variant (std|mpi)."
     echo "  It is intended to be run by cron. By default, the script really does"
     echo "  the job the first friday of each month."