diff --git a/cmd/review-bot/validatedocmap.go b/cmd/review-bot/validatedocmap.go
index 31086ac..5db91ff 100644
--- a/cmd/review-bot/validatedocmap.go
+++ b/cmd/review-bot/validatedocmap.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func runValidateDocmap(args []string) int {
 	// between validation and use.
 	cfg, err := review.ParseDocMapConfig(resolvedDocmap)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(errWriter, "Error: failed to parse docmap %q: %v\n", resolvedDocmap, err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(errWriter, "Error: failed to parse docmap %q: %v\n", *docmapFlag, err)
 		return 2
 	}