diff --git a/tools/virsh-network.c b/tools/virsh-network.c
index 5abcda37cde24e9a5040a8ebef4079db6efcfa6f..0054495931f4de2bf7c58f3c42f2c8d4ba79dfb9 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-network.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-network.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_network_dumpxml[] = {
     VIRSH_COMMON_OPT_NETWORK,
     {.name = "inactive",
      .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
-     .help = N_("network information of an inactive domain")
+     .help = N_("show inactive defined XML")
     },
     {.name = NULL}
 };