diff --git a/src/gromacs/gmxana/gmx_do_dssp.cpp b/src/gromacs/gmxana/gmx_do_dssp.cpp

index a8aab1bc2..184592b7e 100644

--- a/src/gromacs/gmxana/gmx_do_dssp.cpp

+++ b/src/gromacs/gmxana/gmx_do_dssp.cpp

@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ int gmx_do_dssp(int argc, char *argv[])

         "calling the dssp program. If you do not have the dssp program,",

         "get it from http://swift.cmbi.ru.nl/gv/dssp. [THISMODULE] assumes ",

         "that the dssp executable is located in ",

-        "[TT]/usr/local/bin/dssp[tt]. If this is not the case, then you should",

+        "[TT]/usr/bin/mkdssp[tt]. If this is not the case, then you should",

         "set an environment variable [TT]DSSP[tt] pointing to the dssp",

         "executable, e.g.: [PAR]",

         "[TT]setenv DSSP /opt/dssp/bin/dssp[tt][PAR]",

@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ int gmx_do_dssp(int argc, char *argv[])

     if ((dptr = getenv("DSSP")) == nullptr)

     {

-        dptr = "/usr/local/bin/dssp";

+        dptr = "/usr/bin/mkdssp";

     }

     if (!gmx_fexist(dptr))

     {