diff --git a/gunicorn/main.py b/gunicorn/main.py
index 739c5f4b..8418d9fb 100644
--- a/gunicorn/main.py
+++ b/gunicorn/main.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def options():
         op.make_option('-g', '--group', dest="group", 
             help="Change worker group"),
         op.make_option('-n', '--name', dest='app_name',
-            help="Application name"),
+            help="Processus name"),
         op.make_option('--log-level', dest='loglevel',
             help='Log level below which to silence messages. [info]'),
         op.make_option('--log-file', dest='logfile',
diff --git a/gunicorn/management/commands/run_gunicorn.py b/gunicorn/management/commands/run_gunicorn.py
index 27419f29..2fad9447 100644
--- a/gunicorn/management/commands/run_gunicorn.py
+++ b/gunicorn/management/commands/run_gunicorn.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         make_option('-g', '--group', dest="group", 
             help="Change worker group"),
         make_option('-n', '--name', dest='app_name',
-            help="Application name"),
+            help="Processus name"),
     )
     help = "Starts a fully-functional Web server using gunicorn."
     args = '[optional port number, or ipaddr:port or unix:/path/to/sockfile]'