diff --git a/senlinclient/v1/profile.py b/senlinclient/v1/profile.py
index fc03fbdf..2b2c6b15 100644
--- a/senlinclient/v1/profile.py
+++ b/senlinclient/v1/profile.py
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class ValidateProfile(command.ShowOne):
             '--spec-file',
             metavar='<spec-file>',
             required=True,
-            help=_('The spec file used to create the profile')
+            help=_('The spec file of the profile to be validated')
         )
         return parser
 
diff --git a/senlinclient/v1/shell.py b/senlinclient/v1/shell.py
index 3df5ef06..237a9070 100644
--- a/senlinclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/senlinclient/v1/shell.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def do_profile_delete(service, args):
 
 
 @utils.arg('-s', '--spec-file', metavar='<SPEC FILE>', required=True,
-           help=_('The spec file used to create the profile.'))
+           help=_('The spec file of the profile to be validated.'))
 def do_profile_validate(service, args):
     """Validate a profile."""
     show_deprecated('senlin profile-validate',