diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
index fc971907df..7d50e7da67 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator.rb
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ module Rails
     protected
 
       def self.banner
-        "rails #{self.arguments.map(&:usage).join(' ')} [options]"
+        "rails new #{self.arguments.map(&:usage).join(' ')} [options]"
       end
 
       def builder