diff --git a/scripts/reptest b/scripts/reptest
index f1361b7e148ab91fcdca8609f33085483f56366a..92cdcc46ed9cf11d56fee9647c163a7b6ce33677 100755
--- a/scripts/reptest
+++ b/scripts/reptest
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ def help():
     print "-v           Display verbose output, including all scores"
     print "-d           Run Docker test"
     print "-s           Run Singularity test"
-    print "-n RUNS      Number of runs to execute (default " + str(RUNS) + ")"
+    print "-r RUNS      Number of runs to execute (default " + str(RUNS) + ")"
     print "-R REGISTRY  Use an alternate (instead of official) Docker registry"
     print "-L           Run container via local Docker daemon (cannot be used with -s)"
     print "\nExamples"
     print "--------"
     print "Run 'lhcb-gen-sim' 10 times in Docker and Singularity, displaying all scores:"
-    print "reptest -sdv -n 10 /tmp/hwoutput lhcb-gen-sim"
+    print "reptest -sdv -r 10 /tmp/hwoutput lhcb-gen-sim"
     print "Run 'atlas-sim-bmk' 5 times in Docker:"
-    print "reptest -d -n 5 /tmp/hwoutput atlas-sim-bmk"
+    print "reptest -d -r 5 /tmp/hwoutput atlas-sim-bmk"
 
 
 def procres(rpath, verbose):
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def main():
     global REGISTRY, RUNS
 
     try:
-        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hvdsn:R:L')
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hvdsr:R:L')
     except getopt.GetoptError as err:
         print "\nError: " + str(err) + "\n"
         help()
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def main():
         if opt == '-h':
             help()
             sys.exit(0)
-        elif opt == '-n':
+        elif opt == '-r':
             try:
                 RUNS = int(arg)
             except ValueError: