diff --git a/httpie/client.py b/httpie/client.py
index d54e9335..ec9e33f2 100644
--- a/httpie/client.py
+++ b/httpie/client.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def get_response(args, config_dir):
 
 
 def dump_request(kwargs):
-    sys.stderr.write('\n>>> requests.request(%s)\n\n'
+    sys.stderr.write('\n>>> requests.request(**%s)\n\n'
                      % pformat(kwargs))