diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 6ec7dc99b723b..a812895f002b6 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-uacomment=<cmt>", _("Append comment to the user agent string"));
     if (showDebug)
     {
-        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-checkblockindex", strprintf("Do a full consistency check for mapBlockIndex, setBlockIndexCandidates, chainActive and mapBlocksUnlinked occasionally. Also sets -checkmempool. (default: %u)", Params().DefaultConsistencyChecks()));
-        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-checkmempool=<n>", strprintf("Run checks every <n> transactions. (default: %u)", Params().DefaultConsistencyChecks()));
+        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-checkblockindex", strprintf("Do a full consistency check for mapBlockIndex, setBlockIndexCandidates, chainActive and mapBlocksUnlinked occasionally. Also sets -checkmempool (default: %u)", Params(CBaseChainParams::MAIN).DefaultConsistencyChecks()));
+        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-checkmempool=<n>", strprintf("Run checks every <n> transactions (default: %u)", Params(CBaseChainParams::MAIN).DefaultConsistencyChecks()));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-checkpoints", strprintf("Disable expensive verification for known chain history (default: %u)", DEFAULT_CHECKPOINTS_ENABLED));
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dblogsize=<n>", strprintf("Flush wallet database activity from memory to disk log every <n> megabytes (default: %u)", DEFAULT_WALLET_DBLOGSIZE));