diff --git a/awscli/data/cli.json b/awscli/data/cli.json
index 9e4a91795d7a..85a2efebf537 100644
--- a/awscli/data/cli.json
+++ b/awscli/data/cli.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         },
         "no-paginate": {
             "action": "store_false",
-            "help": "<p>Disable automatic pagination.</p>",
+            "help": "<p>Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.</p>",
             "dest": "paginate"
         },
         "output": {
diff --git a/awscli/examples/global_options.rst b/awscli/examples/global_options.rst
index 088e1be7aeea..2f8c7115e8ae 100644
--- a/awscli/examples/global_options.rst
+++ b/awscli/examples/global_options.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   
 ``--no-paginate`` (boolean)
   
-  Disable automatic pagination.
+  Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.
   
 ``--output`` (string)