diff --git a/clients/tools/ldapsearch.c b/clients/tools/ldapsearch.c
index 44284cbd3d34dd802ac3de3cdefa3c2818e2c1d0..17929e4ce957de19243cfd01550830e8a7063ea1 100644
--- a/clients/tools/ldapsearch.c
+++ b/clients/tools/ldapsearch.c
@@ -121,7 +121,11 @@ usage( void )
 	fprintf( stderr, _("  -LL        print responses in LDIF format without comments\n"));
 	fprintf( stderr, _("  -LLL       print responses in LDIF format without comments\n"));
 	fprintf( stderr, _("             and version\n"));
+#ifdef LDAP_SCOPE_SUBORDINATE
+	fprintf( stderr, _("  -s scope   one of base, one, sub or children (search scope)\n"));
+#else /* ! LDAP_SCOPE_SUBORDINATE */
 	fprintf( stderr, _("  -s scope   one of base, one, or sub (search scope)\n"));
+#endif /* ! LDAP_SCOPE_SUBORDINATE */
 	fprintf( stderr, _("  -S attr    sort the results by attribute `attr'\n"));
 	fprintf( stderr, _("  -t         write binary values to files in temporary directory\n"));
 	fprintf( stderr, _("  -tt        write all values to files in temporary directory\n"));