diff --git a/scripts/status b/scripts/status
index 17d5b73a..917fafe8 100755
--- a/scripts/status
+++ b/scripts/status
@@ -52,7 +52,14 @@ check_local_state() {
   log_debug "cd $NGCPCTL_MAIN"
   cd "$NGCPCTL_MAIN"
 
-  log_info "Checking state of ngcpcfg:"
+  # report either "ngcpcfg" or "ngcp-config", depending on how it was invoked
+  local invoker
+  if [ -r "/proc/${PPID:-doesnotexist}/comm" ] ; then
+    invoker="$( < /proc/$PPID/comm)"
+  fi
+
+  log_info "Checking state of ${invoker:-ngcpcfg}:"
+
   if ! [ -r "${NGCPCTL_MAIN}/.git/HEAD" ] ; then
     log_warn "ngcpcfg has not been initialised yet. Execute 'ngcpcfg initialise'."
     exit 0