diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index ed67e997fd..0302458df2 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -914,12 +914,11 @@ ETEXI
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_CORE_DUMP)
     {
         .name       = "dump-guest-memory",
-        .args_type  = "paging:-p,protocol:s,begin:i?,length:i?",
-        .params     = "[-p] protocol [begin] [length]",
+        .args_type  = "paging:-p,filename:F,begin:i?,length:i?",
+        .params     = "[-p] filename [begin] [length]",
         .help       = "dump guest memory to file"
                       "\n\t\t\t begin(optional): the starting physical address"
                       "\n\t\t\t length(optional): the memory size, in bytes",
-        .user_print = monitor_user_noop,
         .mhandler.cmd = hmp_dump_guest_memory,
     },
 
@@ -929,8 +928,7 @@ STEXI
 @findex dump-guest-memory
 Dump guest memory to @var{protocol}. The file can be processed with crash or
 gdb.
-  protocol: destination file(started with "file:") or destination file
-            descriptor (started with "fd:")
+  filename: dump file name
     paging: do paging to get guest's memory mapping
      begin: the starting physical address. It's optional, and should be
             specified with length together.
diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index ba6fbd3dcf..2de31401e6 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -1042,11 +1042,12 @@ void hmp_dump_guest_memory(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
     Error *errp = NULL;
     int paging = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "paging", 0);
-    const char *file = qdict_get_str(qdict, "protocol");
+    const char *file = qdict_get_str(qdict, "filename");
     bool has_begin = qdict_haskey(qdict, "begin");
     bool has_length = qdict_haskey(qdict, "length");
     int64_t begin = 0;
     int64_t length = 0;
+    char *prot;
 
     if (has_begin) {
         begin = qdict_get_int(qdict, "begin");
@@ -1055,9 +1056,12 @@ void hmp_dump_guest_memory(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
         length = qdict_get_int(qdict, "length");
     }
 
-    qmp_dump_guest_memory(paging, file, has_begin, begin, has_length, length,
+    prot = g_strconcat("file:", file, NULL);
+
+    qmp_dump_guest_memory(paging, prot, has_begin, begin, has_length, length,
                           &errp);
     hmp_handle_error(mon, &errp);
+    g_free(prot);
 }
 
 void hmp_netdev_add(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)