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))
{