diff --git a/node_problem_detector.go b/node_problem_detector.go
index 0ef893f9..f237b9d1 100644
--- a/node_problem_detector.go
+++ b/node_problem_detector.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	kernelMonitorConfigPath = flag.String("kernel-monitor", "/config/kernel_monitor.json", "The path to the kernel monitor config file")
+	kernelMonitorConfigPath = flag.String("kernel-monitor", "/config/kernel-monitor.json", "The path to the kernel monitor config file")
 	apiServerOverride       = flag.String("apiserver-override", "", "custom URI used to connect to Kubernetes ApiServer")
 )