diff --git a/share/kak/kakrc b/share/kak/kakrc
index 130f9b1f..e92d3815 100644
--- a/share/kak/kakrc
+++ b/share/kak/kakrc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def -params 1 -docstring "colorscheme <name>: enable named colorscheme" \
             echo "source '${kak_runtime}/colors/$1.kak'"
         fi
     else
-        echo -color Error 'Usage: colorscheme <scheme name>'
+        echo "echo -color Error 'Usage: colorscheme <scheme name>'"
     fi
 }}