diff --git a/cmd/helm/repo.go b/cmd/helm/repo.go
index cc89a4825..d02cee163 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/repo.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/repo.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var repoCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 type addCmd struct {
-	update bool
+	noupdate bool
 }
 
 func repoAddCmd() *cobra.Command {
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@ func repoAddCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			name, url := args[0], args[1]
 
 			var err error
-			if add.update {
-				err = updateRepository(name, url)
-			} else {
+			if add.noupdate {
 				err = addRepository(name, url)
+			} else {
+				err = updateRepository(name, url)
 			}
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if add.update {
-				fmt.Println(name + " has been updated")
-			} else {
+			if add.noupdate {
 				fmt.Println(name + " has been added to your repositories")
+			} else {
+				fmt.Println(name + " has been updated")
 			}
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
 	f := cmd.Flags()
-	f.BoolVarP(&add.update, "update", "u", false, "update old url if it exists")
+	f.BoolVar(&add.noupdate, "no-update", false, "raise error if repo is already registered")
 	return cmd
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/repo_test.go b/cmd/helm/repo_test.go
index 124914a3a..5792a7115 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/repo_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/repo_test.go
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ func TestRepoAdd(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("%s was not successfully inserted into %s", testName, repositoriesFile())
 	}
 
-	if err := insertRepoLine(testName, ts.URL); err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("Duplicate repository name was added")
+	if err := updateRepository(testName, ts.URL); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Repository was not updated: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if err := updateRepository(testName, testURL); err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("Repository was not updated: %s", err)
+	if err := insertRepoLine(testName, ts.URL); err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Duplicate repository name was added")
 	}
 
 }