diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
index a79122e9fba..2afeb633f72 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ func NewProxyCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		Use: "kube-proxy",
 		Long: `The Kubernetes network proxy runs on each node. This
 reflects services as defined in the Kubernetes API on each node and can do simple
-TCP,UDP stream forwarding or round robin TCP,UDP forwarding across a set of backends.
-Service cluster ips and ports are currently found through Docker-links-compatible
+TCP and UDP stream forwarding or round robin TCP and UDP forwarding across a set of backends.
+Service cluster IPs and ports are currently found through Docker-links-compatible
 environment variables specifying ports opened by the service proxy. There is an optional
 addon that provides cluster DNS for these cluster IPs. The user must create a service
 with the apiserver API to configure the proxy.`,