diff --git a/Python/initconfig.c b/Python/initconfig.c
index aad3b3d53ca787..a6d8c176156617 100644
--- a/Python/initconfig.c
+++ b/Python/initconfig.c
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ static const char usage_envvars[] =
 "   running a local build).\n"
 "PYTHON_COLORS           : If this variable is set to 1, the interpreter will"
 "   colorize various kinds of output. Setting it to 0 deactivates this behavior.\n"
+"PYTHON_HISTORY          : the location of a .python_history file.\n"
 "These variables have equivalent command-line parameters (see --help for details):\n"
-"PYTHON_HISTORY: the location of a .python_history file.\n"
 "PYTHONDEBUG             : enable parser debug mode (-d)\n"
 "PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE : don't write .pyc files (-B)\n"
 "PYTHONINSPECT           : inspect interactively after running script (-i)\n"