diff --git a/man/gnt-backup.sgml b/man/gnt-backup.sgml
index bfae02c849addd9a5237ec1a23bee8d1767e7b3b..25f367388f5d95208f69b5e8f38d9b7a3ab72137 100644
--- a/man/gnt-backup.sgml
+++ b/man/gnt-backup.sgml
@@ -220,15 +220,14 @@
 
       <cmdsynopsis>
         <command>list</command>
-        <arg>--nodes=<replaceable>NODE-LIST</replaceable></arg>
+        <arg>--node=<replaceable>NODE</replaceable></arg>
       </cmdsynopsis>
 
       <para>
         Lists the exports currently available in the default directory
         in all the nodes of the current cluster, or optionally only a
-        subset of them specified by the <option>--nodes</option>
-        option (use this option multiple times to select multiple
-        nodes).
+        subset of them specified using the <option>--node</option>
+        option (which can be used multiple times)
       </para>
 
       <para>
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-backup b/scripts/gnt-backup
index 6f4555cf51c3adc708d19440320a807fcea068c9..3e77d7cd373df697cacd090439b573fda37c2d5c 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-backup
+++ b/scripts/gnt-backup
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ import_opts = [
 commands = {
   'list': (PrintExportList, ARGS_NONE,
            [DEBUG_OPT,
-            make_option("--nodes", dest="nodes", default=[], action="append",
-                        help="List only backups stored on these nodes"),
+            make_option("--node", dest="node", default=[], action="append",
+                        help="List only backups stored on this node"
+                             " (can be used multiple times)"),
             ],
            "", "Lists instance exports available in the ganeti cluster"),
   'export': (ExportInstance, ARGS_ONE,