diff --git a/src/stratis_cli/_parser/_pool.py b/src/stratis_cli/_parser/_pool.py
index f04501320..82d3fe5b9 100644
--- a/src/stratis_cli/_parser/_pool.py
+++ b/src/stratis_cli/_parser/_pool.py
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ def _ensure_nat(arg):
                                     "help": (
                                         "Size of tag to use to verify "
                                         "correctness of 4KiB block, e.g, 64B. "
-                                        "Must be less than 128B."
+                                        "Must be a power of 2 and less than "
+                                        "128B."
                                     ),
                                     "type": parse_bytes_range,
                                 },