diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
index 001cf4954042..5ae7caf6e594 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/main.go
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ var (
 			"Priority evictor reuses the concepts of drain logic in kubelet(https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-node/2712-pod-priority-based-graceful-node-shutdown#migration-from-the-node-graceful-shutdown-feature)."+
 			"Eg. flag usage:  '10000:20,1000:100,0:60'")
 	provisioningRequestsEnabled      = flag.Bool("enable-provisioning-requests", false, "Whether the clusterautoscaler will be handling the ProvisioningRequest CRs.")
-	maxCloudProviderNodeDeletionTime = flag.Duration("max-cloud-provider-node-deletion-time", 5*time.Minute, "Maximum time needed by cloud provider to delete a node")
+	maxCloudProviderNodeDeletionTime = flag.Duration("max-cloud-provider-node-deletion-time", 5*time.Minute, "Maximum time needed by cloud provider to delete a node.")
 )
 
 func isFlagPassed(name string) bool {