diff --git a/utils/parsedb.py b/utils/parsedb.py
index 7ff8b0bb..5d6af833 100755
--- a/utils/parsedb.py
+++ b/utils/parsedb.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def main():
     import argparse
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description="Parse a db, check for consistency")
+        description="Parse a db file, checking for consistency")
 
     util.db_root_arg(parser)
     parser.add_argument('--verbose', action='store_true', help='')