diff --git a/src/switchroot/ostree-switch-root.c b/src/switchroot/ostree-switch-root.c
index 60306e6c..c96ed3b4 100644
--- a/src/switchroot/ostree-switch-root.c
+++ b/src/switchroot/ostree-switch-root.c
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
   int before_init_argc = 0;
   pid_t cleanup_pid;
 
-  if (argc < 3)
+  if (argc < 4)
     {
-      fprintf (stderr, "usage: ostree-switch-root NEWROOT INIT [ARGS...]\n");
+      fprintf (stderr, "usage: ostree-switch-root NEWROOT TARGET INIT [ARGS...]\n");
       exit (1);
     }