diff --git a/examples/show_vcd.vl b/examples/show_vcd.vl
index 77f3edf23..2f161e0fb 100644
--- a/examples/show_vcd.vl
+++ b/examples/show_vcd.vl
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   *  To view the output generated by running show_vcd, start the GTKWave
   *  viewer with the command:
   *  
-  *      wave show_vcd.vcd
+  *      gtkwave show_vcd.vcd
   *  
   *  The GTKWave program will display its main window, and show in a small
   *  status box (upper left corner) that it succeeded in loading the dump