diff --git a/tools/xdg-autostart/xdg-autostart b/tools/xdg-autostart/xdg-autostart
index daa9117d..58855500 100755
--- a/tools/xdg-autostart/xdg-autostart
+++ b/tools/xdg-autostart/xdg-autostart
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def show_help():
     print "  --version     Show version and copyright information"
     print
     print "ENVIRONMENT specifies a list of environments for which to run autostart"
-    print "applications for.  If none are specified, only applications which do not "
+    print "applications.  If none are specified, only applications which do not "
     print "limit themselves to certain environments will be run."
     print
     print "ENVIRONMENT can be one or more of:"