diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/perf/PerfConfig.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/perf/PerfConfig.java
index 2e81c745aa..da9d282fd9 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/perf/PerfConfig.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/automq/perf/PerfConfig.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public static ArgumentParser parser() {
             .dest("sendRateDuringCatchup")
             .metavar("SEND_RATE_DURING_CATCHUP")
             .help("The send rate in messages per second during catchup. If not set, the send rate will be used.");
-        parser.addArgument("-m", "--max-poll-rate")
+        parser.addArgument("-m", "--max-consume-record-rate")
             .setDefault(1_000_000_000)
             .type(between(0, 1_000_000_000))
             .dest("maxConsumeRecordRate")