diff --git a/src/emu/emuopts.c b/src/emu/emuopts.c
index 8398a5daf7b..f7125a24785 100644
--- a/src/emu/emuopts.c
+++ b/src/emu/emuopts.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const options_entry mame_core_options[] =
 	/* performance options */
 	{ NULL,                          NULL,        OPTION_HEADER,     "CORE PERFORMANCE OPTIONS" },
 	{ "autoframeskip;afs",           "0",         OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable automatic frameskip selection" },
-	{ "frameskip;fs(0-10)",          "0",         0,                 "set frameskip to fixed value, 0-12 (autoframeskip must be disabled)" },
+	{ "frameskip;fs(0-10)",          "0",         0,                 "set frameskip to fixed value, 0-10 (autoframeskip must be disabled)" },
 	{ "seconds_to_run;str",          "0",         0,                 "number of emulated seconds to run before automatically exiting" },
 	{ "throttle",                    "1",         OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable throttling to keep game running in sync with real time" },
 	{ "sleep",                       "1",         OPTION_BOOLEAN,    "enable sleeping, which gives time back to other applications when idle" },