diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
index b918ff173..b97cc8a8b 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ if [[ $# -lt 1 || $# -gt 2 ]]; then
   echo "   update: Updates a user's password; requires 'email' parameter"
   echo "   enable: Enables a user; requires 'email' parameter"
   echo "  disable: Disables a user; requires 'email' parameter"
-  echo " validate: Validates that the given email address and password are acceptable for defining a new user; requires 'email' parameter"
-  echo " valemail: Validates that the given email address is acceptable for defining a new user; requires 'email' parameter"
-  echo "  valpass: Validates that a password is acceptable for defining a new user"
+  echo " validate: Validates that the given email address and password are acceptable; requires 'email' parameter"
+  echo " valemail: Validates that the given email address is acceptable; requires 'email' parameter"
+  echo "  valpass: Validates that a password is acceptable"
   echo ""
   echo " Note that the password can be piped into STDIN to avoid prompting for it"
   exit 1