diff --git a/openstackclient/compute/v2/floatingip.py b/openstackclient/compute/v2/floatingip.py
index 7ed847f5f4..3edc809ef2 100644
--- a/openstackclient/compute/v2/floatingip.py
+++ b/openstackclient/compute/v2/floatingip.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class DeleteFloatingIP(command.Command):
         parser.add_argument(
             "ip_address",
             metavar="<ip-address>",
-            help="IP address to add to server",
+            help="IP address to delete",
         )
         return parser