1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
index 084039a855..daf18c9318 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/standard.py
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ def register_commands(subparsers, context):
     parser_add.set_defaults(func=add)
 
     parser_modify = subparsers.add_parser('modify', help='Modify the source for an existing recipe',
-                                       description='Enables modifying the source for an existing recipe. You can either provide your own pre-prepared source tree, or specify -x/--extract to extract the source being fetched by the recipe.',
+                                       description='Sets up the build environment to modify the source for an existing recipe. The default behaviour is to extract the source being fetched by the recipe into a git tree so you can work on it; alternatively if you already have your own pre-prepared source tree you can specify -n/--no-extract.',
                                        group='starting', order=90)
     parser_modify.add_argument('recipename', help='Name of existing recipe to edit (just name - no version, path or extension)')
     parser_modify.add_argument('srctree', nargs='?', help='Path to external source tree. If not specified, a subdirectory of %s will be used.' % defsrctree)
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ def register_commands(subparsers, context):
     group = parser_modify.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
     group.add_argument('--same-dir', '-s', help='Build in same directory as source', action="store_true")
     group.add_argument('--no-same-dir', help='Force build in a separate build directory', action="store_true")
-    parser_modify.add_argument('--branch', '-b', default="devtool", help='Name for development branch to checkout (only when using -x) (default "%(default)s")')
+    parser_modify.add_argument('--branch', '-b', default="devtool", help='Name for development branch to checkout (when not using -n/--no-extract) (default "%(default)s")')
     parser_modify.set_defaults(func=modify)
 
     parser_extract = subparsers.add_parser('extract', help='Extract the source for an existing recipe',