diff --git a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
index 447f5bece65..a08e45f615e 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/options/options.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (s *APIServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.StringVar(&s.AuthorizationConfig.WebhookConfigFile, "authorization-webhook-config-file", s.AuthorizationConfig.WebhookConfigFile, "File with webhook configuration in kubeconfig format, used with --authorization-mode=Webhook. The API server will query the remote service to determine access on the API server's secure port.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.AdmissionControl, "admission-control", s.AdmissionControl, "Ordered list of plug-ins to do admission control of resources into cluster. Comma-delimited list of: "+strings.Join(admission.GetPlugins(), ", "))
 	fs.StringVar(&s.AdmissionControlConfigFile, "admission-control-config-file", s.AdmissionControlConfigFile, "File with admission control configuration.")
-	fs.StringSliceVar(&s.EtcdConfig.ServerList, "etcd-servers", s.EtcdConfig.ServerList, "List of etcd servers to watch (http://ip:port), comma separated. Mutually exclusive with -etcd-config")
+	fs.StringSliceVar(&s.EtcdConfig.ServerList, "etcd-servers", s.EtcdConfig.ServerList, "List of etcd servers to watch (http://ip:port), comma separated.")
 	fs.StringSliceVar(&s.EtcdServersOverrides, "etcd-servers-overrides", s.EtcdServersOverrides, "Per-resource etcd servers overrides, comma separated. The individual override format: group/resource#servers, where servers are http://ip:port, semicolon separated.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.EtcdConfig.Prefix, "etcd-prefix", s.EtcdConfig.Prefix, "The prefix for all resource paths in etcd.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.EtcdConfig.KeyFile, "etcd-keyfile", s.EtcdConfig.KeyFile, "SSL key file used to secure etcd communication")