diff --git a/testscript/exe.go b/testscript/exe.go
index 3c3579e7..e163a769 100644
--- a/testscript/exe.go
+++ b/testscript/exe.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func RunMain(m TestingM, commands map[string]func() int) (exitCode int) {
 			}
 			scriptCmds[name] = func(ts *TestScript, neg bool, args []string) {
 				if ts.params.RequireExplicitExec {
-					ts.Fatalf("use 'exec %s' rather than '%s' (because RequireExplicitExec is enabled)", args[0], args[0])
+					ts.Fatalf("use 'exec %s' rather than '%s' (because RequireExplicitExec is enabled)", name, name)
 				}
 				ts.cmdExec(neg, append([]string{name}, args...))
 			}
diff --git a/testscript/testdata/testscript_explicit_exec.txt b/testscript/testdata/testscript_explicit_exec.txt
index c2fc0a6a..cc818696 100644
--- a/testscript/testdata/testscript_explicit_exec.txt
+++ b/testscript/testdata/testscript_explicit_exec.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ unquote scripts-explicit/testscript.txt
 testscript scripts-implicit
 testscript scripts-explicit
 
-! testscript -verbose -explicit-exec scripts-implicit
-testscript -verbose -explicit-exec scripts-explicit
+! testscript -explicit-exec scripts-implicit
+testscript -explicit-exec scripts-explicit
 
 -- scripts-implicit/testscript.txt --
 >fprintargs stdout right