diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
index 6976b9cae0e..efe685dc9af 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (o *Options) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 
 	fs.StringVar(&o.ConfigFile, "config", o.ConfigFile, "The path to the configuration file.")
 	fs.StringVar(&o.WriteConfigTo, "write-config-to", o.WriteConfigTo, "If set, write the default configuration values to this file and exit.")
-	fs.StringVar(&o.config.ClientConnection.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", o.config.ClientConnection.Kubeconfig, "Path to kubeconfig file with authorization information (the master location is set by the master flag).")
+	fs.StringVar(&o.config.ClientConnection.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", o.config.ClientConnection.Kubeconfig, "Path to kubeconfig file with authorization information (the master location can be overridden by the master flag).")
 	fs.StringVar(&o.config.ClusterCIDR, "cluster-cidr", o.config.ClusterCIDR, "The CIDR range of pods in the cluster. When configured, traffic sent to a Service cluster IP from outside this range will be masqueraded and traffic sent from pods to an external LoadBalancer IP will be directed to the respective cluster IP instead")
 	fs.StringVar(&o.config.ClientConnection.ContentType, "kube-api-content-type", o.config.ClientConnection.ContentType, "Content type of requests sent to apiserver.")
 	fs.StringVar(&o.master, "master", o.master, "The address of the Kubernetes API server (overrides any value in kubeconfig)")