diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index f842d4d..975d7c5 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ Options:
   --exclude=REGEX       Exclude specific datasets which match the given regular expression. Can be specified multiple times
   --sendoptions=OPTIONS Use advanced options for zfs send (the arguments are filterd as needed), e.g. syncoid --sendoptions="Lc e" sets zfs send -L -c -e ...
   --recvoptions=OPTIONS Use advanced options for zfs receive (the arguments are filterd as needed), e.g. syncoid --recvoptions="ux recordsize o compression=lz4" sets zfs receive -u -x recordsize -o compression=lz4 ...
-  --sshkey=FILE         Specifies a ssh public key to use to connect
+  --sshkey=FILE         Specifies a ssh key to use to connect
   --sshport=PORT        Connects to remote on a particular port
   --sshcipher|c=CIPHER  Passes CIPHER to ssh to use a particular cipher set
   --sshoption|o=OPTION  Passes OPTION to ssh for remote usage. Can be specified multiple times