diff --git a/dmenu/dmenu.c b/dmenu/dmenu.c
index 80dc1ef..904147f 100644
--- a/dmenu/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu/dmenu.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ setup(void)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-    die("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
+    die("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor] [-np]\n"
         "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]");
 }
 
@@ -820,7 +820,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-i")) { /* case-insensitive item matching */
             fstrncmp = strncasecmp;
             fstrstr = cistrstr;
-        } else if (i + 1 == argc)
+        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-np")) /* do not draw prompt */
+            noprompt = 1;
+        else if (i + 1 == argc)
             usage();
         /* these options take one argument */
         else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-g")) {   /* number of columns in grid */
@@ -849,8 +851,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
             colors[SchemeOut][ColFg] = argv[++i];
         else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-w"))   /* embedding window id */
             embed = argv[++i];
-        else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-np"))  /* do not draw prompt */
-            noprompt = 1;
         else
             usage();
 
diff --git a/dwm/config.def.h b/dwm/config.def.h
index 94fb198..a158dcc 100644
--- a/dwm/config.def.h
+++ b/dwm/config.def.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run",  "-l", "10", "-g", "2", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_main, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
+static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-np", "-l", "10", "-g", "2", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_main, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 static const char *djcmd[]  = { "dj.sh", NULL };
 
diff --git a/dwm/config.h b/dwm/config.h
index 94fb198..a158dcc 100644
--- a/dwm/config.h
+++ b/dwm/config.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run",  "-l", "10", "-g", "2", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_main, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
+static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-np", "-l", "10", "-g", "2", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_main, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
 static const char *djcmd[]  = { "dj.sh", NULL };