diff --git a/bin/pyenv-virtualenv b/bin/pyenv-virtualenv
index 8e6d802..77bfa13 100755
--- a/bin/pyenv-virtualenv
+++ b/bin/pyenv-virtualenv
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ version() {
 usage() {
   # We can remove the sed fallback once pyenv 0.2.0 is widely available.
   pyenv-help virtualenv 2>/dev/null || sed -ne '/^#/!q;s/.//;s/.//;1,4d;p' < "$0"
-  pyenv-exec python "${VIRTUALENV}" --help 2>/dev/null || true
+  pyenv-exec virtualenv --help 2>/dev/null || true
   [ -z "$1" ] || exit "$1"
 }