diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags/api.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags/api.go
index 88321176f..6ed21e107 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags/api.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags/api.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const (
 	TTL          = "ttl"
 	TTLShorthand = ""
 	TTLDefault   = 2
-	TTLUsage     = "TTL value in request meta header"
+	TTLUsage     = "The maximum number of intermediate nodes in the request route"
 
 	XHeadersKey       = "xhdr"
 	XHeadersShorthand = "x"