diff --git a/contrib/check-params-in-docs.py b/contrib/check-params-in-docs.py
index 4f0b4e16a25c..3c17d8ba26c8 100755
--- a/contrib/check-params-in-docs.py
+++ b/contrib/check-params-in-docs.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ help_params = {x:y for x,y in help_params.items() if not target_specific(x)}
 
 # Find section in .texi manual with parameters
 texi = ([x.strip() for x in open(args.texi_file).readlines()])
-texi = dropwhile(lambda x: 'item --param' not in x, texi)
+texi = dropwhile(lambda x: 'itemx --param' not in x, texi)
 texi = takewhile(lambda x: '@node Instrumentation Options' not in x, texi)
 texi = list(texi)[1:]