diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 1f6dbcd0d0..77e3dc8494 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "interactive", &interactive, N_("interactively add files")),
 		OPT_BOOL('p', "patch", &patch_interactive, N_("interactively add changes")),
 		OPT_BOOL('o', "only", &only, N_("commit only specified files")),
-		OPT_BOOL('n', "no-verify", &no_verify, N_("bypass pre-commit hook")),
+		OPT_BOOL('n', "no-verify", &no_verify, N_("bypass pre-commit and commit-msg hooks")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "dry-run", &dry_run, N_("show what would be committed")),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "short", &status_format, N_("show status concisely"),
 			    STATUS_FORMAT_SHORT),