diff --git a/bin/cdist-object-gencode b/bin/cdist-object-gencode
index 7b8f01b3..1ba1116b 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-object-gencode
+++ b/bin/cdist-object-gencode
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #
 
 . cdist-config
-[ $# -eq 3 ] || __cdist_usage "<target host>" "<object>" "<remote|local>"
+[ $# -eq 3 ] || __cdist_usage "<target host>" "<object>" "<type>"
 set -eu
 
 __cdist_target_host="$1"; shift