diff --git a/passes/cmds/linecoverage.cc b/passes/cmds/linecoverage.cc
index d00042026..9a88dec7f 100644
--- a/passes/cmds/linecoverage.cc
+++ b/passes/cmds/linecoverage.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PRIVATE_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 static const std::regex src_re("(.*):(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)-(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)");
 
 struct CoveragePass : public Pass {
-	CoveragePass() : Pass("linecoverage", "write coverage information to file") { }
+	CoveragePass() : Pass("linecoverage", "report coverage information") { }
 	void help() override
 	{
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