diff --git a/cmd/helm/upgrade.go b/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
index bc3999436..1432d4d1e 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func newUpgradeCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.StringVar(&client.Description, "description", "", "add a custom description")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.DependencyUpdate, "dependency-update", false, "update dependencies if they are missing before installing the chart")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.EnableDNS, "enable-dns", false, "enable DNS lookups when rendering templates")
-	f.BoolVar(&client.TakeOwnership, "take-ownership", false, "if set, upgrade will ignore the check for helm annotations and take ownership of the existing resources.")
+	f.BoolVar(&client.TakeOwnership, "take-ownership", false, "if set, upgrade will ignore the check for helm annotations and take ownership of the existing resources")
 	addChartPathOptionsFlags(f, &client.ChartPathOptions)
 	addValueOptionsFlags(f, valueOpts)
 	bindOutputFlag(cmd, &outfmt)