diff --git a/pkg/cmd/cache/delete/delete.go b/pkg/cmd/cache/delete/delete.go
index 6fbbc3dc6..73bb11e06 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/cache/delete/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/cache/delete/delete.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func NewCmdDelete(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*DeleteOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.DeleteAll, "all", "a", false, "Delete all caches")
-	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Ref, "ref", "r", "", "Narrow down deletion to a specific ref, formatted as refs/heads/<branch name> or refs/pull/<number>/merge")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.Ref, "ref", "r", "", "Delete by cache key and ref, formatted as refs/heads/<branch name> or refs/pull/<number>/merge")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.SucceedOnNoCaches, "succeed-on-no-caches", false, "Return exit code 0 if no caches found. Must be used in conjunction with `--all`")
 
 	return cmd