diff --git a/doc/source/cli/command-objects/flavor.rst b/doc/source/cli/command-objects/flavor.rst
index 6feb44985f..1cbd2df3bb 100644
--- a/doc/source/cli/command-objects/flavor.rst
+++ b/doc/source/cli/command-objects/flavor.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Create new flavor
 
 .. option:: --swap <size-mb>
 
-    Swap space size in MB (default 0M)
+    Additional swap space size in MB (default 0M)
 
 .. option:: --vcpus <num-cpu>
 
diff --git a/openstackclient/compute/v2/flavor.py b/openstackclient/compute/v2/flavor.py
index bf9921b788..0f5dd7421e 100644
--- a/openstackclient/compute/v2/flavor.py
+++ b/openstackclient/compute/v2/flavor.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class CreateFlavor(command.ShowOne):
             type=int,
             metavar="<size-mb>",
             default=0,
-            help=_("Swap space size in MB (default 0M)")
+            help=_("Additional swap space size in MB (default 0M)")
         )
         parser.add_argument(
             "--vcpus",