diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go
index dd00e23c08..4c5566e8ee 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func setFlagsUsingViper() {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP(config.MachineProfile, "p", constants.DefaultMachineName, `The name of the minikube VM being used. This can be modified to allow for multiple minikube instances to be run independently`)
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP(config.MachineProfile, "p", constants.DefaultMachineName, `The name of the minikube VM being used. This can be set to allow having multiple instances of minikube independently.`)
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringP(configCmd.Bootstrapper, "b", constants.DefaultClusterBootstrapper, "The name of the cluster bootstrapper that will set up the kubernetes cluster.")
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(configCmd.ConfigCmd)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(configCmd.AddonsCmd)