diff --git a/cmd/influx_tsm/main.go b/cmd/influx_tsm/main.go
index 7e8eca7c99..0684e4aba9 100644
--- a/cmd/influx_tsm/main.go
+++ b/cmd/influx_tsm/main.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (o *options) Parse() error {
 	fs.Uint64Var(&opts.TSMSize, "sz", maxTSMSz, "Maximum size of individual TSM files.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&opts.Parallel, "parallel", false, "Perform parallel conversion. (up to GOMAXPROCS shards at once)")
 	fs.BoolVar(&opts.SkipBackup, "nobackup", false, "Disable database backups. Not recommended.")
-	fs.StringVar(&opts.BackupPath, "backup", "", "The location to backup up the current databases. Must not be within the data directoryi.")
+	fs.StringVar(&opts.BackupPath, "backup", "", "The location to backup up the current databases. Must not be within the data directory.")
 	// fs.BoolVar(&opts.Quiet, "quiet", false, "Suppresses the regular status updates.")
 	fs.StringVar(&opts.DebugAddr, "debug", "", "If set, http debugging endpoints will be enabled on the given address")
 	fs.DurationVar(&opts.UpdateInterval, "interval", 5*time.Second, "How often status updates are printed.")