diff --git a/scripts/gnt-backup b/scripts/gnt-backup
index a05e1ff1a51ba26d7ca47b2fb3fbd3363b6acd89..2876b25d6801866581586e06571ba6df5f98a450 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-backup
+++ b/scripts/gnt-backup
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ commands = {
               make_option("","--noshutdown", dest="shutdown",
                           action="store_false", default=True,
                           help="Don't shutdown the instance (unsafe)"), ],
-             "[opts...] <name>",
+             "-n <target_node> [opts...] <name>",
              "Exports an instance to an image"),
   'import': (ImportInstance, ARGS_ONE, import_opts, "[opts...] <name>",
              "Imports an instance from an exported image"),