diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
index 0e62d8c1..d91270e8 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet2.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace
 struct options {
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<std::string> daemon_address = {"daemon-address", tools::wallet2::tr("Use daemon instance at <host>:<port>"), ""};
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<std::string> daemon_host = {"daemon-host", tools::wallet2::tr("Use daemon instance at host <arg> instead of localhost"), ""};
-  const command_line::arg_descriptor<std::string> password = {"password", tools::wallet2::tr("Wallet password"), "", true};
+  const command_line::arg_descriptor<std::string> password = {"password", tools::wallet2::tr("Wallet password (escape/quote as needed)"), "", true};
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<std::string> password_file = {"password-file", tools::wallet2::tr("Wallet password file"), "", true};
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<int> daemon_port = {"daemon-port", tools::wallet2::tr("Use daemon instance at port <arg> instead of 18081"), 0};
   const command_line::arg_descriptor<std::string> daemon_login = {"daemon-login", tools::wallet2::tr("Specify username[:password] for daemon RPC client"), "", true};