diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 44d8192f..14e827b9 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ You'll find complete documentation on the shell by running
                              env[OS_CACERT].
        --retries <retries>   Number of retries.
        --json, --os-json-output
-                             Output json instead of prettyprint. Defaults to
+                             Output JSON instead of prettyprint. Defaults to
                              env[OS_JSON_OUTPUT].
 
 Python API
diff --git a/troveclient/shell.py b/troveclient/shell.py
index 7e21817e..e03a2e94 100644
--- a/troveclient/shell.py
+++ b/troveclient/shell.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class OpenStackTroveShell(object):
                             action='store_true',
                             default=utils.env('OS_JSON_OUTPUT',
                                               default=False),
-                            help='Output json instead of prettyprint. '
+                            help='Output JSON instead of prettyprint. '
                                  'Defaults to env[OS_JSON_OUTPUT].')
 
         return parser