diff --git a/cmd/drone-agent/main.go b/cmd/drone-agent/main.go
index 822995c90..2ad8e1cae 100644
--- a/cmd/drone-agent/main.go
+++ b/cmd/drone-agent/main.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			EnvVar: "DRONE_PASSWORD,DRONE_SECRET",
 			Name:   "password",
-			Usage:  "drone auth password",
+			Usage:  "drone server-agent shared password",
 		},
 		cli.BoolTFlag{
 			EnvVar: "DRONE_DEBUG",