diff --git a/maxctrl/lib/cluster.js b/maxctrl/lib/cluster.js
index 4a2eeb9ca..6ac12b250 100644
--- a/maxctrl/lib/cluster.js
+++ b/maxctrl/lib/cluster.js
@@ -178,9 +178,8 @@ exports.builder = function(yargs) {
                  })
         .command('sync <target>', 'Synchronize the cluster with target MaxScale server.', function(yargs) {
             return yargs.epilog('This command will alter all MaxScale instances given in the --hosts ' +
-                                'option to represent the <target> MaxScale. If the synchronization of ' +
-                                'a MaxScale instance fails, it will be disabled by executing the `stop maxscale` ' +
-                                'command on that instance. Synchronization can be attempted again if a previous ' +
+                                'option to represent the <target> MaxScale. Value of <target> ' +
+                                'must be in HOST:PORT format. Synchronization can be attempted again if a previous ' +
                                 'attempt failed due to a network failure or some other ephemeral error. Any other ' +
                                 'errors require manual synchronization of the MaxScale configuration files and a ' +
                                 'restart of the failed Maxscale.\n\n' +