diff --git a/externals/mrpeach/midifile/midifile.c b/externals/mrpeach/midifile/midifile.c
index de87d1afcbdaa5183d3b391a907c308bf72dbe21..57764d7615e149fb16ec902c1ee0740ac14c7d1d 100644
--- a/externals/mrpeach/midifile/midifile.c
+++ b/externals/mrpeach/midifile/midifile.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void midifile_setup(void)
     class_addmethod(midifile_class, (t_method)midifile_single_track, gensym("track"), A_DEFFLOAT, 0);
     class_addmethod(midifile_class, (t_method)midifile_rewind, gensym("rewind"), 0);
     class_addmethod(midifile_class, (t_method)midifile_verbosity, gensym("verbose"), A_DEFFLOAT, 0);
-    class_sethelpsymbol(midifile_class, gensym("midifile-help"));
+    class_sethelpsymbol(midifile_class, gensym("midifile"));
 }
 
 static void *midifile_new(t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv)