diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset.go
index b7ee292e0bf..cf041738852 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/reset.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func NewCmdReset(in io.Reader, out io.Writer, resetOptions *resetOptions) *cobra
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "reset",
-		Short: "Run this to revert any changes made to this host by 'kubeadm init' or 'kubeadm join'",
+		Short: "Performs a best effort revert of changes made to this host by 'kubeadm init' or 'kubeadm join'",
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			c, err := resetRunner.InitData(args)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)