diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go
index 9898f56ef09..0c07cfcb99f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/apiresources/apiresources.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func NewCmdAPIResources(f cmdutil.Factory, ioStreams genericclioptions.IOStreams
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.APIGroup, "api-group", o.APIGroup, "Limit to resources in the specified API group.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.Namespaced, "namespaced", o.Namespaced, "If false, non-namespaced resources will be returned, otherwise returning namespaced resources by default.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&o.Verbs, "verbs", o.Verbs, "Limit to resources that support the specified verbs.")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.SortBy, "sort-by", o.SortBy, "If non-empty, sort nodes list using specified field. The field can be either 'name' or 'kind'.")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&o.SortBy, "sort-by", o.SortBy, "If non-empty, sort list of resources using specified field. The field can be either 'name' or 'kind'.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.Cached, "cached", o.Cached, "Use the cached list of resources if available.")
 	return cmd
 }