diff --git a/src/nautilus-application.c b/src/nautilus-application.c
index 065eb053b41c28f14814c26a639e53946b951513..4b17c36b31a53a6a9fce48cd9985fcb28a4554cb 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-application.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-application.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ action_help (GSimpleAction *action,
              gpointer       user_data)
 {
     GtkWindow *window;
-    GtkWidget *dialog;
+    AdwDialog *dialog;
     GtkApplication *application = user_data;
     GError *error = NULL;
 
@@ -736,15 +736,11 @@ action_help (GSimpleAction *action,
 
     if (error)
     {
-        dialog = adw_message_dialog_new (window ? GTK_WINDOW (window) : NULL,
-                                         NULL, NULL);
-        adw_message_dialog_format_heading (ADW_MESSAGE_DIALOG (dialog),
-                                           _("There was an error displaying help: \n%s"),
-                                           error->message);
-        adw_message_dialog_add_response (ADW_MESSAGE_DIALOG (dialog), "ok", _("_OK"));
-        adw_message_dialog_set_default_response (ADW_MESSAGE_DIALOG (dialog), "ok");
-
-        gtk_window_present (GTK_WINDOW (dialog));
+        dialog = adw_alert_dialog_new (_("There was an error displaying help"), error->message);
+        adw_alert_dialog_add_response (ADW_ALERT_DIALOG (dialog), "ok", _("_OK"));
+        adw_alert_dialog_set_default_response (ADW_ALERT_DIALOG (dialog), "ok");
+
+        adw_dialog_present (dialog, GTK_WIDGET (window));
         g_error_free (error);
     }
 }