diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
index b513c042dc..90b0975461 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class CLI(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
 
         if module_opts:
             parser.add_option('-M', '--module-path', dest='module_path', default=None,
-                help="specify path(s) to module library (default=%s)" % C.DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH,
+                help="prepend path(s) to module library (default=%s)" % C.DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH,
                 action="callback", callback=CLI.expand_tilde, type=str)
         if runtask_opts:
             parser.add_option('-e', '--extra-vars', dest="extra_vars", action="append",