diff --git a/src/bin/psql/help.c b/src/bin/psql/help.c
index 58f8a0b0167522dd8a0f13666c2d900bb843246e..4a303f9269a39bfbf725c6a843607b1ebd8401b0 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/help.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/help.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ slashUsage(unsigned short int pager)
 
 	currdb = PQdb(pset.db);
 	if (currdb == NULL)
-		currdb = _("none");
+		currdb = "";
 
 	output = PageOutput(94, pager);