diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/gst-play.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/gst-play.c
index 11378bada5..115a7ce542 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/gst-play.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/gst-play.c
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     {"quiet", 'q', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &quiet,
         N_("Do not print any output (apart from errors)"), NULL},
     {"use-playbin3", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &use_playbin3,
-          N_("Use playbin3 pipeline"
+          N_("Use playbin3 pipeline "
               "(default varies depending on 'USE_PLAYBIN' env variable)"),
         NULL},
     {"wait-on-eos", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &wait_on_eos,