diff --git a/scripts/gnt-instance b/scripts/gnt-instance
index efa6809f888a62ee5bffe12498aab2a5b2938e7e..d5661d3028f88cf1f44017e55cc224ef50449ffb 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-instance
+++ b/scripts/gnt-instance
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ commands = {
            " list is (in order): name, os, pnode, status,"
            " oper_ram."),
   'reinstall': (ReinstallInstance, ARGS_ONE, [DEBUG_OPT, FORCE_OPT, os_opt],
-                "[-f] <instance>", "Reinstall the instance"),
+                "[-f] <instance>", "Reinstall a stopped instance"),
   'remove': (RemoveInstance, ARGS_ONE,
              [DEBUG_OPT, FORCE_OPT,
               make_option("--ignore-failures", dest="ignore_failures",