diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/commands/metadata.rs b/src/bin/cargo/commands/metadata.rs
index 9618aa56a8f..fb8e220b16d 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/commands/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/commands/metadata.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub fn cli() -> App {
              the concrete used versions including overrides, \
              in machine-readable format",
         )
-        .arg(opt("quiet", "No output printed to stdout").short("q"))
+        .arg(opt("quiet", "Do not print cargo log messages").short("q"))
         .arg_features()
         .arg(multi_opt(
             "filter-platform",