diff --git a/docs/src/man1/cdist.rst b/docs/src/man1/cdist.rst
index 4970994a..5daedcd4 100644
--- a/docs/src/man1/cdist.rst
+++ b/docs/src/man1/cdist.rst
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ All commands accept the following options:
 .. option:: -v, --verbose
 
     Increase log level, be more verbose. Use it more than once to increase
-    log level. The order of levels from the lowest to the greatest are:
+    log level. The order of levels from the lowest to the highest are:
     ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG.
 
 .. option:: -V, --version
diff --git a/scripts/cdist b/scripts/cdist
index 7e755f4c..4ff64bb5 100755
--- a/scripts/cdist
+++ b/scripts/cdist
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def commandline():
             '-v', '--verbose',
             help=('Increase log level, be more verbose. Use it more than once '
                   'to increase log level. The order of levels from the lowest '
-                  'to the greatest are: ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG.'),
+                  'to the highest are: ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG.'),
             action='count', default=0)
 
     # Main subcommand parser