diff --git a/pkg/cmd/api/api.go b/pkg/cmd/api/api.go
index 2d92173ab..dfd2af042 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/api/api.go
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func NewCmdApi(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*ApiOptions) error) *cobra.Command
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&opts.RawFields, "raw-field", "f", nil, "Add a string parameter in `key=value` format")
 	cmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&opts.RequestHeaders, "header", "H", nil, "Add a HTTP request header in `key:value` format")
 	cmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&opts.Previews, "preview", "p", nil, "GitHub API preview `names` to request (without the \"-preview\" suffix)")
-	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.ShowResponseHeaders, "include", "i", false, "Include HTTP response headers in the output")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.ShowResponseHeaders, "include", "i", false, "Include HTTP response status line and headers in the output")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Paginate, "paginate", false, "Make additional HTTP requests to fetch all pages of results")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.RequestInputFile, "input", "", "The `file` to use as body for the HTTP request (use \"-\" to read from standard input)")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Silent, "silent", false, "Do not print the response body")