diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
index 13921a1af02b39f2e537c8fa289244df8d3dce1b_bWVyY3VyaWFsL2NvbW1hbmRzLnB5..9299b98041e8cac78c569fc68258c2f945223d2c_bWVyY3VyaWFsL2NvbW1hbmRzLnB5 100644
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -4187,7 +4187,7 @@
            _('show only heads which are descendants of REV'), _('REV')),
           ('t', 'topo', False, _('show topological heads only')),
           ('a', 'active', False,
-           _('show active branchheads only [DEPRECATED]')),
+           _('show active branchheads only (DEPRECATED)')),
           ('c', 'closed', False,
            _('show normal and closed branch heads')),
          ] + templateopts,