diff --git a/cmd/monad/main.cpp b/cmd/monad/main.cpp
index 5e3e153bc..4e5836abd 100644
--- a/cmd/monad/main.cpp
+++ b/cmd/monad/main.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ try {
     cli.add_option(
         "--db",
         dbname_paths,
-        "A comma-separated list of previously created database paths. You can "
+        "A space-separated list of previously created database paths. You can "
         "configure the storage pool with one or more files/devices. If no "
         "value is passed, the replay will run with an in-memory triedb");
     cli.add_option(
diff --git a/cmd/monad_cli.cpp b/cmd/monad_cli.cpp
index d69077d2a..dbb803791 100644
--- a/cmd/monad_cli.cpp
+++ b/cmd/monad_cli.cpp
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     cli.add_option(
            "--db",
            dbname_paths,
-           "A comma-separated list of previously created database paths")
+           "A space-separated list of previously created database paths")
         ->required();
     cli.add_option(
         "--sq-thread-cpu,--sq_thread_cpu",