diff --git a/detect.py b/detect.py
index 9b9e7c74644b..08e78bf64a3b 100644
--- a/detect.py
+++ b/detect.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def parse_opt():
     parser.add_argument('--save-conf', action='store_true', help='save confidences in --save-txt labels')
     parser.add_argument('--save-crop', action='store_true', help='save cropped prediction boxes')
     parser.add_argument('--nosave', action='store_true', help='do not save images/videos')
-    parser.add_argument('--classes', nargs='+', type=int, help='filter by class: --class 0, or --class 0 2 3')
+    parser.add_argument('--classes', nargs='+', type=int, help='filter by class: --classes 0, or --classes 0 2 3')
     parser.add_argument('--agnostic-nms', action='store_true', help='class-agnostic NMS')
     parser.add_argument('--augment', action='store_true', help='augmented inference')
     parser.add_argument('--visualize', action='store_true', help='visualize features')