diff --git a/py-i2phosts-maint b/py-i2phosts-maint
index 43ddab5..765eba8 100755
--- a/py-i2phosts-maint
+++ b/py-i2phosts-maint
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
 		description='Hosts maintainer for py-i2phosts.',
 		epilog='Report bugs to http://zzz.i2p/topics/733')
 parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', action='store_true',
-		help='enable debug messages')
+		help='write debug messages to stdout')
 parser.add_argument('-c', '--config', default='/etc/py-i2phosts/maintainer.conf', dest='config_file',
 		help='config file to use')
 args = parser.parse_args()