diff --git a/lightningd/options.c b/lightningd/options.c
index 513df6843..8ac418b2e 100644
--- a/lightningd/options.c
+++ b/lightningd/options.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ static void dev_register_opts(struct lightningd *ld)
 {
 	opt_register_noarg("--dev-no-reconnect", opt_set_invbool,
 			   &ld->reconnect,
-			   "Disable automatic reconnect attempts");
+			   "Disable automatic reconnect-attempts by this node, but accept incoming");
 	opt_register_noarg("--dev-fail-on-subdaemon-fail", opt_set_bool,
 			   &ld->dev_subdaemon_fail, opt_hidden);
 	opt_register_early_arg("--dev-debugger=<subprocess>", opt_subprocess_debug, NULL,