diff --git a/electrum/commands.py b/electrum/commands.py
index 6b6b980ab..5a0caa075 100644
--- a/electrum/commands.py
+++ b/electrum/commands.py
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ argparse._SubParsersAction.__call__ = subparser_call
 def add_network_options(parser):
     parser.add_argument("-1", "--oneserver", action="store_true", dest="oneserver", default=None, help="connect to one server only")
     parser.add_argument("-s", "--server", dest="server", default=None, help="set server host:port:protocol, where protocol is either t (tcp) or s (ssl)")
-    parser.add_argument("-p", "--proxy", dest="proxy", default=None, help="set proxy [type:]host[:port], where type is socks4,socks5 or http")
+    parser.add_argument("-p", "--proxy", dest="proxy", default=None, help="set proxy [type:]host[:port] (or 'none' to disable proxy), where type is socks4,socks5 or http")
     parser.add_argument("--noonion", action="store_true", dest="noonion", default=None, help="do not try to connect to onion servers")
     parser.add_argument("--skipmerklecheck", action="store_true", dest="skipmerklecheck", default=False, help="Tolerate invalid merkle proofs from server")