diff --git a/src/osg/ApplicationUsage.cpp b/src/osg/ApplicationUsage.cpp
index 1f5f959a3..201b36a58 100644
--- a/src/osg/ApplicationUsage.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/ApplicationUsage.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void ApplicationUsage::write(std::ostream& output, const ApplicationUsage::Usage
             
             firstInLine = false;
         
-            unsigned int width = std::min((unsigned int)explanation.length()-pos,explanationWidth-offset);
+            unsigned int width = minimum((unsigned int)explanation.length()-pos,explanationWidth-offset);
             unsigned int slashn_pos = explanation.find('\n',pos);
             unsigned int extraSkip = 0;
             bool concatinated = false;