diff --git a/src/wolfgame.py b/src/wolfgame.py
index 14cc9f8..8c11437 100644
--- a/src/wolfgame.py
+++ b/src/wolfgame.py
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@ def pong(cli, nick, chan, rest):
 def pinger(cli, nick, chan, rest):
     """Placeholder for the old ping-related commands."""
 
-    cli.notice(nick, ('This command has been removed. Please see '
-                      '"!help pingif" for more information.'))
+    cli.notice(nick, ("This command has been removed. Please see "
+                      "\"{0}help pingif\" for more information.".format(botconfig.CMD_CHAR)))
 
 @cmd("simple", raw_nick=True, pm=True)
 def mark_simple_notify(cli, nick, chan, rest):