diff --git a/etcdutl/etcdutl/snapshot_command.go b/etcdutl/etcdutl/snapshot_command.go
index 6260db8ba23..ea0d9bfc2c7 100644
--- a/etcdutl/etcdutl/snapshot_command.go
+++ b/etcdutl/etcdutl/snapshot_command.go
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func NewSnapshotRestoreCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&restorePeerURLs, "initial-advertise-peer-urls", defaultInitialAdvertisePeerURLs, "List of this member's peer URLs to advertise to the rest of the cluster")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&restoreName, "name", defaultName, "Human-readable name for this member")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&skipHashCheck, "skip-hash-check", false, "Ignore snapshot integrity hash value (required if copied from data directory)")
-	cmd.Flags().Uint64Var(&revisionBump, "bump-revision", 0, "How much to increase the latest revision after restore (required if --mark-compacted)")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&markCompacted, "mark-compacted", false, "Mark the latest revision after restore as the point of scheduled compaction (required if --bump-revision > 0)")
+	cmd.Flags().Uint64Var(&revisionBump, "bump-revision", 0, "How much to increase the latest revision after restore")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&markCompacted, "mark-compacted", false, "Mark the latest revision after restore as the point of scheduled compaction (required if --bump-revision > 0, disallowed otherwise)")
 
 	cmd.MarkFlagDirname("data-dir")
 	cmd.MarkFlagDirname("wal-dir")