From ca7d47454d21a86d01e61bc982303c514a03be1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Kerl <kerl.john.r@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 09:33:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Improve help message on non-existent verb (#1798)

---
 pkg/climain/mlrcli_parse.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/climain/mlrcli_parse.go b/pkg/climain/mlrcli_parse.go
index 939f10e36..0400df5ed 100644
--- a/pkg/climain/mlrcli_parse.go
+++ b/pkg/climain/mlrcli_parse.go
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ func parseCommandLinePassOne(
 			transformerSetup := transformers.LookUp(verb)
 			if transformerSetup == nil {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr,
-					"%s: verb \"%s\" not found. Please use \"%s --help\" for a list.\n",
-					"mlr", verb, "mlr")
+					"mlr: verb \"%s\" not found. Please use \"mlr -l\" for a list.\n",
+					verb)
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}