diff --git a/src/cppcheck.cpp b/src/cppcheck.cpp
index d46eb1153..2835b43c6 100644
--- a/src/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/src/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ std::string CppCheck::parseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
         "Syntax:\n"
         "    cppcheck [--all] [--force] [--quiet] [--style] [--verbose] [file or path1] [file or path]\n"
         "\n"
-        "If path is given instead of filename, *.cpp, *.cxx, *.cc and *.c files are \n"
-        "checked recursively from given directory.\n\n"
+        "If path is given instead of filename, *.cpp, *.cxx, *.cc, *.c++ and *.c files\n"
+        "are checked recursively from given directory.\n\n"
         "Options:\n"
         "    -a, --all        Make the checking more sensitive. More bugs are detected,\n"
         "                     but there are also more false positives\n"