diff --git a/cmd/helm/pull.go b/cmd/helm/pull.go
index 9d1c86be7..24c2a1c86 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/pull.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/pull.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func newPullCmd(cfg *action.Configuration, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f.BoolVar(&client.VerifyLater, "prov", false, "fetch the provenance file, but don't perform verification")
 	f.StringVar(&client.UntarDir, "untardir", ".", "if untar is specified, this flag specifies the name of the directory into which the chart is expanded")
 	f.StringVarP(&client.DestDir, "destination", "d", ".", "location to write the chart. If this and untardir are specified, untardir is appended to this")
-	f.BoolVar(&client.PlainHTTP, "plain-http", false, "install charts from http registry")
+	f.BoolVar(&client.PlainHTTP, "plain-http", false, "use plain http for the chart download")
 	addChartPathOptionsFlags(f, &client.ChartPathOptions)
 
 	err := cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("version", func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {