diff --git a/doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst b/doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst
index 64cc20cd4c..af50a6511d 100644
--- a/doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst
+++ b/doc/source/command-objects/keypair.rst
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ Display public key details
 
 .. describe:: <key>
 
-    Public key to display
+    Public key to display (name only)
diff --git a/openstackclient/compute/v2/keypair.py b/openstackclient/compute/v2/keypair.py
index 3725a3a889..d30fd429e3 100644
--- a/openstackclient/compute/v2/keypair.py
+++ b/openstackclient/compute/v2/keypair.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class ShowKeypair(command.ShowOne):
             '--public-key',
             action='store_true',
             default=False,
-            help=_("Show only bare public key")
+            help=_("Show only bare public key (name only)")
         )
         return parser