diff --git a/cmd/helm/install.go b/cmd/helm/install.go
index 2c0b47273..c10e84c18 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/install.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/install.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func addInstallFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, f *pflag.FlagSet, client *action.Instal
 	f.StringToStringVarP(&client.Labels, "labels", "l", nil, "Labels that would be added to release metadata. Should be divided by comma.")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.EnableDNS, "enable-dns", false, "enable DNS lookups when rendering templates")
 	f.BoolVar(&client.HideNotes, "hide-notes", false, "if set, do not show notes in install output. Does not affect presence in chart metadata")
-	f.BoolVar(&client.TakeOwnership, "take-ownership", false, "if set, install will ignore the check for helm annotations and take ownership of the existing resources.")
+	f.BoolVar(&client.TakeOwnership, "take-ownership", false, "if set, install will ignore the check for helm annotations and take ownership of the existing resources")
 	addValueOptionsFlags(f, valueOpts)
 	addChartPathOptionsFlags(f, &client.ChartPathOptions)