diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_commands/mod_commands.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_commands/mod_commands.c
index febb7f6608..68cc58d10e 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_commands/mod_commands.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_commands/mod_commands.c
@@ -4063,7 +4063,7 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_API(uuid_dump_function)
 	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-#define GLOBAL_SETVAR_SYNTAX "<var> <value> [<value2>]"
+#define GLOBAL_SETVAR_SYNTAX "<var>=<value> [=<value2>]"
 SWITCH_STANDARD_API(global_setvar_function)
 {
 	char *mycmd = NULL, *argv[3] = { 0 };