diff --git a/doc/manpages/qvm-pause.rst b/doc/manpages/qvm-pause.rst
index 5407d146..b561eb93 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/qvm-pause.rst
+++ b/doc/manpages/qvm-pause.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ Options
 
    Exclude the qube from :option:`--all`.
 
+Notes
+-----
+
+Paused qubes will be killed on system shutdown.
+
 Authors
 -------
 
diff --git a/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_pause.py b/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_pause.py
index 837cab31..b40cf2cd 100644
--- a/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_pause.py
+++ b/qubesadmin/tools/qvm_pause.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 
 
 parser = qubesadmin.tools.QubesArgumentParser(vmname_nargs='+',
-                                         description='pause a domain')
+    description='pause a qube',
+    epilog='Paused qubes will be killed on system shutdown.')
 
 
 def main(args=None, app=None):