diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 25ec37b..da69f94 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1492,24 +1492,21 @@
 
 static void help(int exitcode)
 {
-    const char *options_help =
+    version();
+    printf("usage: %s [options] [disk_image]\n\n"
+           "'disk_image' is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0\n\n",
+            error_get_progname());
+
 #define QEMU_OPTIONS_GENERATE_HELP
 #include "qemu-options-wrapper.h"
-        ;
-    version();
-    printf("usage: %s [options] [disk_image]\n"
-           "\n"
-           "'disk_image' is a raw hard disk image for IDE hard disk 0\n"
-           "\n"
-           "%s\n"
-           "During emulation, the following keys are useful:\n"
+
+    printf("\nDuring emulation, the following keys are useful:\n"
            "ctrl-alt-f      toggle full screen\n"
            "ctrl-alt-n      switch to virtual console 'n'\n"
            "ctrl-alt        toggle mouse and keyboard grab\n"
            "\n"
-           "When using -nographic, press 'ctrl-a h' to get some help.\n",
-           error_get_progname(),
-           options_help);
+           "When using -nographic, press 'ctrl-a h' to get some help.\n");
+
     exit(exitcode);
 }