diff --git a/scripts/wic b/scripts/wic
index f9be972bad..a39ec95e0b 100755
--- a/scripts/wic
+++ b/scripts/wic
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def wic_create_subcommand(args, usage_str):
     if not wks_file.endswith(".wks"):
         wks_file = engine.find_canned_image(scripts_path, wks_file)
         if not wks_file:
-            print "No image named %s found, exiting.  (Use 'wic list images' to list available images, or specify a fully-qualified OE kickstart (.wks) filename)\n" % wks_file
+            print "No image named %s found, exiting.  (Use 'wic list images' to list available images, or specify a fully-qualified OE kickstart (.wks) filename)\n" % args[0]
             sys.exit(1)
 
     image_output_dir = ""