diff --git a/bin/qemush b/bin/qemush
index c34ceb7..ae386e5 100755
--- a/bin/qemush
+++ b/bin/qemush
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public_help() {
 
     exec cat << EOF
 ${name}: usage:
-  ${name} active                           - (default behaviour) list active VMs
+  ${name} running                          - (default behaviour) list running VMs
   ${name} start <VM name>                  - start a VM
   ${name} watch <VM name>                  - attach VM screen session
   ${name} ls                               - list available VMs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public_watch() {
 }
 
 # List running virtual machines
-public_active() {
+public_running() {
     cd || return
     echo "Running machines:"
     set -- $ls -t sockets "$@"
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ shift
 # Defauts to `active` if no function is supplied; else checks for a public
 # function named after the argument; else fails
 if [ -z "$function" ]; then
-    public_active
+    public_running
 elif declare -F | cut -d \  -f 3- | grep '^public_' | sed 's/^public_//' | grep -q "^${function}$"; then
     "public_${function}" "$@"
 else