diff --git a/tools/perf/util/help.c b/tools/perf/util/help.c
index fbb0097..6f2975a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/help.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/help.c
@@ -4,28 +4,6 @@
 #include "levenshtein.h"
 #include "help.h"
 
-/* most GUI terminals set COLUMNS (although some don't export it) */
-static int term_columns(void)
-{
-	char *col_string = getenv("COLUMNS");
-	int n_cols;
-
-	if (col_string && (n_cols = atoi(col_string)) > 0)
-		return n_cols;
-
-#ifdef TIOCGWINSZ
-	{
-		struct winsize ws;
-		if (!ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, &ws)) {
-			if (ws.ws_col)
-				return ws.ws_col;
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
-	return 80;
-}
-
 void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, size_t len)
 {
 	struct cmdname *ent = malloc(sizeof(*ent) + len + 1);
@@ -96,9 +74,13 @@
 {
 	int cols = 1, rows;
 	int space = longest + 1; /* min 1 SP between words */
-	int max_cols = term_columns() - 1; /* don't print *on* the edge */
+	struct winsize win;
+	int max_cols;
 	int i, j;
 
+	get_term_dimensions(&win);
+	max_cols = win.ws_col - 1; /* don't print *on* the edge */
+
 	if (space < max_cols)
 		cols = max_cols / space;
 	rows = (cmds->cnt + cols - 1) / cols;
@@ -324,7 +306,7 @@
 
 		main_cmds.names[0] = NULL;
 		clean_cmdnames(&main_cmds);
-		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: You called a Git program named '%s', "
+		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: You called a perf program named '%s', "
 			"which does not exist.\n"
 			"Continuing under the assumption that you meant '%s'\n",
 			cmd, assumed);