diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/create-symlinks/create-symlinks.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/create-symlinks/create-symlinks.go
index 9eed0976..8fe92e32 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/create-symlinks/create-symlinks.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/hook/create-symlinks/create-symlinks.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (m command) build() *cli.Command {
 		},
 		&cli.StringSliceFlag{
 			Name:        "link",
-			Usage:       "Specify a specific link to create. The link is specified as source:target",
+			Usage:       "Specify a specific link to create. The link is specified as target::link",
 			Destination: &cfg.links,
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (m command) run(c *cli.Context, cfg *config) error {
 
 	links := cfg.links.Value()
 	for _, l := range links {
-		parts := strings.Split(l, ":")
+		parts := strings.Split(l, "::")
 		if len(parts) != 2 {
 			m.logger.Warnf("Invalid link specification %v", l)
 			continue
diff --git a/internal/discover/symlinks.go b/internal/discover/symlinks.go
index 6430fc15..b758100b 100644
--- a/internal/discover/symlinks.go
+++ b/internal/discover/symlinks.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (d symlinks) getSpecificLinkArgs() ([]string, error) {
 		}
 
 		linkPath := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(m.Path), link)
-		links = append(links, "--link", fmt.Sprintf("%v:%v", target, linkPath))
+		links = append(links, "--link", fmt.Sprintf("%v::%v", target, linkPath))
 		linkProcessed[link] = true
 	}