diff --git a/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorPygmentSetupCheck.php b/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorPygmentSetupCheck.php
--- a/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorPygmentSetupCheck.php
+++ b/src/applications/config/check/PhabricatorPygmentSetupCheck.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
           ->addRelatedPhabricatorConfig('pygments.enabled')
           ->addPhabricatorConfig('environment.append-paths');
       } else {
-        list($err) = exec_manual('pygmentize -h');
+        list($err) = exec_manual('pygmentize -V');
         if ($err) {
           $summary = pht(
             'You have enabled pygments and the %s script is '.