diff --git a/check_mysqlserver b/check_mysqlserver
index 3f1ac92d8aee27ef544134411aae22e67c8f2fd3..9fcd75b4ec98af652adfa999de3f62b947726697 100755
--- a/check_mysqlserver
+++ b/check_mysqlserver
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 # 2023-06-06  v0.3  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      some shell fixes
 # 2023-07-28  v1.0  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      update help page; fix [client]: command not found
 # 2023-08-30  v1.1  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      reverse return code in ph.hasParamoption to unix like return codes: 0=true; <>0 = false
+# 2024-12-09  v1.2  <axel.hahn@unibe.ch>      fix showing help
 # ======================================================================
 
 . $( dirname $0 )/inc_pluginfunctions
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ ph.hasParamoption "u" "$@"; bOptUninstall=$?
 ph.hasParamoption "h" "$@"; bOptHelp=$?
 
 if [ $bOptHelp -eq 0 -o $# -lt 1 ]; then
-    echo "showHelp"
+    showHelp
     exit 0
 fi