diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index 54e84997541..842386af3be 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ func AddKubeletConfigFlags(mainfs *pflag.FlagSet, c *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfig
 	fs.DurationVar(&c.ImageMinimumGCAge.Duration, "minimum-image-ttl-duration", c.ImageMinimumGCAge.Duration, "Minimum age for an unused image before it is garbage collected.  Examples: '300ms', '10s' or '2h45m'.")
 	fs.Int32Var(&c.ImageGCHighThresholdPercent, "image-gc-high-threshold", c.ImageGCHighThresholdPercent, "The percent of disk usage after which image garbage collection is always run. Values must be within the range [0, 100], To disable image garbage collection, set to 100. ")
 	fs.Int32Var(&c.ImageGCLowThresholdPercent, "image-gc-low-threshold", c.ImageGCLowThresholdPercent, "The percent of disk usage before which image garbage collection is never run. Lowest disk usage to garbage collect to. Values must be within the range [0, 100] and should not be larger than that of --image-gc-high-threshold.")
-	fs.DurationVar(&c.VolumeStatsAggPeriod.Duration, "volume-stats-agg-period", c.VolumeStatsAggPeriod.Duration, "Specifies interval for kubelet to calculate and cache the volume disk usage for all pods and volumes.  To disable volume calculations, set to 0.")
+	fs.DurationVar(&c.VolumeStatsAggPeriod.Duration, "volume-stats-agg-period", c.VolumeStatsAggPeriod.Duration, "Specifies interval for kubelet to calculate and cache the volume disk usage for all pods and volumes.  To disable volume calculations, set to a negative number.")
 	fs.Var(cliflag.NewMapStringBool(&c.FeatureGates), "feature-gates", "A set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for alpha/experimental features. "+
 		"Options are:\n"+strings.Join(utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.KnownFeatures(), "\n"))
 	fs.StringVar(&c.KubeletCgroups, "kubelet-cgroups", c.KubeletCgroups, "Optional absolute name of cgroups to create and run the Kubelet in.")