diff --git a/frontends/jp/jp b/frontends/jp/jp
index 40863a1b..e5fe57e6 100755
--- a/frontends/jp/jp
+++ b/frontends/jp/jp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class JP():
         parser = OptionParser(usage=usage,version=about)
 
         parser.add_option("-p", "--profile", action="store", type="string", default='@DEFAULT@',
-                    help=_("Use PROFILE profile key"))
+                    help=_("Use PROFILE profile key (default: %default)"))
         parser.add_option("-b", "--bz2", action="store_true", default=False,
                     help=_("Make a bzip2 tarball"))
         parser.add_option("-w", "--wait-file", action="store_true", default=False,