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@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Version 2.4.1
 *(Released Wed, 09 Mar 2011)*
 
 Emergency bug-fix release. ``tools/cfgupgrade`` was broken and overwrote
-the RAPI users file if run twice (even with ``-dry-run``).
+the RAPI users file if run twice (even with ``--dry-run``).
 
 The release fixes that bug (nothing else changed).