diff --git a/builtin/interpret-trailers.c b/builtin/interpret-trailers.c
index cf4f703c4e..a7623dbfb2 100644
--- a/builtin/interpret-trailers.c
+++ b/builtin/interpret-trailers.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int cmd_interpret_trailers(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "unfold", &opts.unfold, N_("join whitespace-continued values")),
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "parse", &opts, NULL, N_("set parsing options"),
 			PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, parse_opt_parse),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-divider", &opts.no_divider, N_("do not treat --- specially")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-divider", &opts.no_divider, N_("do not treat \"---\" as the end of input")),
 		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "trailer", &trailers, N_("trailer"),
 				N_("trailer(s) to add"), option_parse_trailer),
 		OPT_END()