diff --git a/src/app/main.cpp b/src/app/main.cpp
index 2685966e0c3..55ade018714 100644
--- a/src/app/main.cpp
+++ b/src/app/main.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static inline QStringList getPluginPaths()
 static void setupInstallSettings(QString &installSettingspath)
 {
     if (!installSettingspath.isEmpty() && !QFileInfo(installSettingspath).isDir()) {
-        displayHelpText(QString("-installsettingspath needs to be the path where a %1/%2.ini exist.").arg(
+        displayError(QString("-installsettingspath \"%0\" needs to be the path where a %1/%2.ini exist.").arg(installSettingspath,
             QLatin1String(Core::Constants::IDE_SETTINGSVARIANT_STR), QLatin1String(Core::Constants::IDE_CASED_ID)));
         installSettingspath.clear();
     }