diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
index d359ac0705f..463e12b05b5 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func AddKubeletConfigFlags(mainfs *pflag.FlagSet, c *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfig
 	fs.StringVar(&c.HairpinMode, "hairpin-mode", c.HairpinMode, "How should the kubelet setup hairpin NAT. This allows endpoints of a Service to loadbalance back to themselves if they should try to access their own Service. Valid values are \"promiscuous-bridge\", \"hairpin-veth\" and \"none\".")
 	fs.Int32Var(&c.MaxPods, "max-pods", c.MaxPods, "Number of Pods that can run on this Kubelet.")
 
-	fs.StringVar(&c.PodCIDR, "pod-cidr", c.PodCIDR, "The CIDR to use for pod IP addresses, only used in standalone mode.  In cluster mode, this is obtained from the master. For IPv6, the minimum length of the cluster or pod CIDR is /66.")
+	fs.StringVar(&c.PodCIDR, "pod-cidr", c.PodCIDR, "The CIDR to use for pod IP addresses, only used in standalone mode.  In cluster mode, this is obtained from the master. For IPv6, the maximum number of IP's allocated is 65536")
 	fs.Int64Var(&c.PodPidsLimit, "pod-max-pids", c.PodPidsLimit, "<Warning: Alpha feature> Set the maximum number of processes per pod.")
 
 	fs.StringVar(&c.ResolverConfig, "resolv-conf", c.ResolverConfig, "Resolver configuration file used as the basis for the container DNS resolution configuration.")