diff --git a/docs/man/man1/cdist.text b/docs/man/man1/cdist.text
index 4e45ae81..1dc1e87f 100644
--- a/docs/man/man1/cdist.text
+++ b/docs/man/man1/cdist.text
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ EXAMPLES
     --remote-copy /path/to/my/remote/copy \
     -p ikq02.ethz.ch ikq03.ethz.ch ikq04.ethz.ch
 
-# Configure hosts in parallel by reading hosts from file loadbalancers
+# Configure hosts read from file loadbalancers
 % cdist config -f loadbalancers
 
 # Display banner
diff --git a/scripts/cdist b/scripts/cdist
index ccdb5232..6baa28f3 100755
--- a/scripts/cdist
+++ b/scripts/cdist
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def commandline():
     parser['config'] = parser['sub'].add_parser('config',
         parents=[parser['loglevel']])
     parser['config'].add_argument('host', nargs='*',
-        help='one or more hosts to operate on')
+        help='host(s) to operate on')
     parser['config'].add_argument('-c', '--conf-dir',
          help=('Add configuration directory (can be repeated, '
              'last one wins)'), action='append')