diff --git a/requestbackport b/requestbackport
index 14c57e5..3189b6e 100755
--- a/requestbackport
+++ b/requestbackport
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def request_backport(package_spph, source, destinations):
 
 
 def main():
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser('%progname [options] package')
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser('%prog [options] package')
     parser.add_option('-d', '--destination', metavar='DEST',
                       help='Backport to DEST release and necessary '
                            'intermediate releases '
diff --git a/reverse-depends b/reverse-depends
index 983b7f5..b0489c6 100755
--- a/reverse-depends
+++ b/reverse-depends
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from ubuntutools.rdepends import query_rdepends, RDependsException
 
 
 def main():
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser('%progname [options] package',
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser('%prog [options] package',
         description="List reverse-dependencies of package. "
                     "If the package name is prefixed with src: then the "
                     "reverse-dependencies of all the binary packages that "