diff --git a/cmd/helm/lint.go b/cmd/helm/lint.go
index 63f11c062..c81468e50 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/lint.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/lint.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func newLintCmd(out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().VarP(&l.valueFiles, "values", "f", "specify values in a YAML file (can specify multiple)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&l.values, "set", []string{}, "set values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&l.sValues, "set-string", []string{}, "set STRING values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&l.namespace, "namespace", "default", "namespace to install the release into (only used if --install is set)")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&l.namespace, "namespace", "default", "namespace to put the release into")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&l.strict, "strict", false, "fail on lint warnings")
 
 	return cmd
diff --git a/docs/helm/helm_lint.md b/docs/helm/helm_lint.md
index 596edf2bb..c10322efd 100644
--- a/docs/helm/helm_lint.md
+++ b/docs/helm/helm_lint.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ helm lint [flags] PATH
 ### Options
 
 ```
-      --namespace string         namespace to install the release into (only used if --install is set) (default "default")
+      --namespace string         namespace to put the release into (default "default")
       --set stringArray          set values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)
       --set-string stringArray   set STRING values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)
       --strict                   fail on lint warnings
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ helm lint [flags] PATH
 ### SEE ALSO
 * [helm](helm.md)	 - The Helm package manager for Kubernetes.
 
-###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 9-Mar-2018
+###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 20-May-2018