diff --git a/cli/cmd/release_create.go b/cli/cmd/release_create.go
index 4fd091ba..93feb5da 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/release_create.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/release_create.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (r *runners) InitReleaseCreate(parent *cobra.Command) error {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "create",
 		Short: "Create a new release",
-		Long: `Create a new release by providing YAML configuration for the next release in
+		Long: `Create a new release by providing application manifests for the next release in
   your sequence.`,
 		SilenceUsage:  false,
 		SilenceErrors: true, // this command uses custom error printing
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func (r *runners) InitReleaseCreate(parent *cobra.Command) error {
 	cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("required")
 	cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("yaml-file")
 	cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("yaml")
+	cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("chart")
 
 	cmd.RunE = r.releaseCreate
 	return nil
diff --git a/cli/cmd/release_lint.go b/cli/cmd/release_lint.go
index 1e6c8bb0..1b4307d2 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/release_lint.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/release_lint.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ func (r *runners) InitReleaseLint(parent *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&r.args.lintReleaseFailOn, "fail-on", "error", "The minimum severity to cause the command to exit with a non-zero exit code. Supported values are [info, warn, error, none].")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&r.outputFormat, "output", "table", "The output format to use. One of: json|table (default: table)")
 
+	cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("chart")
+
 	cmd.RunE = r.releaseLint
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/cmd/release_update.go b/cli/cmd/release_update.go
index 8f1546fa..83c7f0d2 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/release_update.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/release_update.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ func (r *runners) InitReleaseUpdate(parent *cobra.Command) {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&r.args.updateReleaseYamlDir, "yaml-dir", "", "The directory containing multiple yamls for a Kots release. Cannot be used with the --yaml flag.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&r.args.updateReleaseChart, "chart", "", "Helm chart to create the release from. Cannot be used with the --yaml, --yaml-file, or --yaml-dir flags.")
 
+	cmd.Flags().MarkHidden("chart")
+
 	cmd.RunE = r.releaseUpdate
 }