diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index a3696e45ee6..144f38c1171 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ func (f *KubeletFlags) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 
 	fs.StringVar(&f.BootstrapKubeconfig, "experimental-bootstrap-kubeconfig", f.BootstrapKubeconfig, "<Warning: Experimental feature> Path to a kubeconfig file that will be used to get client certificate for kubelet. "+
 		"If the file specified by --kubeconfig does not exist, the bootstrap kubeconfig is used to request a client certificate from the API server. "+
-		"On success, a kubeconfig file referencing the generated key and obtained certificate is written to the path specified by --kubeconfig. "+
-		"The certificate and key file will be stored in the directory pointed by --cert-dir.")
+		"On success, a kubeconfig file referencing the generated client certificate and key is written to the path specified by --kubeconfig. "+
+		"The client certificate and key file will be stored in the directory pointed by --cert-dir.")
 
 	// DEPRECATED: Remove these flags at the beginning of 1.5.
 	fs.StringSliceVar(&f.APIServerList, "api-servers", []string{}, "List of Kubernetes API servers for publishing events, and reading pods and services. (ip:port), comma separated.")
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func (c *kubeletConfiguration) addFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 		"The duration to cache 'unauthorized' responses from the webhook authorizer.")
 
 	fs.StringVar(&c.TLSCertFile, "tls-cert-file", c.TLSCertFile, ""+
-		"File containing x509 Certificate for HTTPS.  (CA cert, if any, concatenated after server cert). "+
+		"File containing x509 Certificate used for serving HTTPS (with intermediate certs, if any, concatenated after server cert). "+
 		"If --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file are not provided, a self-signed certificate and key "+
 		"are generated for the public address and saved to the directory passed to --cert-dir.")
 	fs.StringVar(&c.TLSPrivateKeyFile, "tls-private-key-file", c.TLSPrivateKeyFile, "File containing x509 private key matching --tls-cert-file.")