diff --git a/guix/scripts/build.scm b/guix/scripts/build.scm
index 3e241ca9dac4d31e689c2e4dc134394e6231ab7c..7863fb881b694006fd92f90f6a02d9552156ca58 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/build.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/build.scm
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ (define %options
                   (exit 0)))
         (option '(#\V "version") #f #f
                 (lambda args
-                  (show-version-and-exit "guix-build")))
+                  (show-version-and-exit "guix build")))
 
         (option '(#\S "source") #f #f
                 (lambda (opt name arg result)
diff --git a/guix/scripts/download.scm b/guix/scripts/download.scm
index 790cf9fc2fa1adfa31db8a98b181947bd48b9bbf..10370e59af8980e86392d14c2e7f34606a2d7b31 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/download.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/download.scm
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ (define fmt-proc
                   (exit 0)))
         (option '(#\V "version") #f #f
                 (lambda args
-                  (show-version-and-exit "guix-download")))))
+                  (show-version-and-exit "guix download")))))
 
 
 ;;;
diff --git a/guix/scripts/gc.scm b/guix/scripts/gc.scm
index 8e2587186e516c059d0bb2ce1acd647cdccb18c3..f2d2e17d4be2b67f3d48525efd81701f91f3cf6a 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/gc.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/gc.scm
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ (define %options
                   (exit 0)))
         (option '(#\V "version") #f #f
                 (lambda args
-                  (show-version-and-exit "guix-gc")))
+                  (show-version-and-exit "guix gc")))
 
         (option '(#\C "collect-garbage") #f #t
                 (lambda (opt name arg result)
diff --git a/guix/scripts/import.scm b/guix/scripts/import.scm
index f0aaa80aa014f35f45aeacdc8d9b115fdd547bfc..0b95afced1483ac339bd4ca70d9dc87bae2a366e 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/import.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/import.scm
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ (define %options
                   (exit 0)))
         (option '(#\V "version") #f #f
                 (lambda args
-                  (show-version-and-exit "guix-import")))))
+                  (show-version-and-exit "guix import")))))
 
 
 ;;;
diff --git a/guix/scripts/package.scm b/guix/scripts/package.scm
index 559be508243f869c6d29f640ee1ee6f9f98ad11c..23786fb7d8d428e3f83f97647d45c7aa019d3c3f 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/package.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/package.scm
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ (define %options
                   (exit 0)))
         (option '(#\V "version") #f #f
                 (lambda args
-                  (show-version-and-exit "guix-package")))
+                  (show-version-and-exit "guix package")))
 
         (option '(#\i "install") #t #f
                 (lambda (opt name arg result)