diff --git a/cmd/helm/install.go b/cmd/helm/install.go
index 9e4515d0a..c664828a6 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/install.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/install.go
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ a path to an unpacked chart directory or a URL.
 
 To override values in a chart, use either the '--values' flag and pass in a file
 or use the '--set' flag and pass configuration from the command line, to force
-a string value use '--set-string'. In case a value is large and therefore
-you want not to use neither '--values' nor '--set', use '--set-file' to read the
-single large value from file.
+a string value use '--set-string'. You can use '--set-file' to set individual
+values from a file when the value itself is too long for the command line
+or is dynamically generated.
 
     $ helm install -f myvalues.yaml myredis ./redis
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/upgrade.go b/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
index dbcd2d0d6..7f4920ec9 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ version will be specified unless the '--version' flag is set.
 
 To override values in a chart, use either the '--values' flag and pass in a file
 or use the '--set' flag and pass configuration from the command line, to force string
-values, use '--set-string'. In case a value is large and therefore
-you want not to use neither '--values' nor '--set', use '--set-file' to read the
-single large value from file.
+values, use '--set-string'. You can use '--set-file' to set individual
+values from a file when the value itself is too long for the command line
+or is dynamically generated.
 
 You can specify the '--values'/'-f' flag multiple times. The priority will be given to the
 last (right-most) file specified. For example, if both myvalues.yaml and override.yaml