diff --git a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
index 1ba567c82..68851f571 100644
--- a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ case "${1-}" in
     # install == same as the no-arg condition for now (but, explicit)
     ""|install)
         main;;
-    cure)
+    fix)
         export NIX_DO_NOT_VALIDATE=1
         export NIX_DO_NOT_BACKUP=1
         export NIX_DO_NOT_OVERWRITE_PROFILE=1
diff --git a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
index 70d63cd98..6d444dc4d 100644
--- a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
                 echo " --no-daemon: Simple, single-user installation that does not require root and is"
                 echo "              trivial to uninstall."
                 echo "              (default)"
-                echo " --cure:      Tries to fix an already existing installation."
+                echo " --fix:       Tries to fix an already existing installation."
                 echo "              It does not fix installed packages."
                 echo ""
                 echo " --yes:               Run the script non-interactively, accepting all prompts."