diff --git a/btrfs-corrupt-block.c b/btrfs-corrupt-block.c
index bbef0c02..716439a5 100644
--- a/btrfs-corrupt-block.c
+++ b/btrfs-corrupt-block.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void print_usage(int ret)
 	printf("\t-I <u64,u8,u64> Corrupt an item corresponding to the passed key triplet (must also specify the field to corrupt and root for the item)\n");
 	printf("\t-D <u64,u8,u64> Corrupt a dir item corresponding to the passed key triplet, must also specify a field\n");
 	printf("\t-d <u64,u8,u64> Delete item corresponding to passed key triplet\n");
-	printf("\t-r   Operate on this root (only works with -d)\n");
+	printf("\t-r   Operate on this root\n");
 	printf("\t-C   Delete a csum for the specified bytenr.  When used with -b it'll delete that many bytes, otherwise it's just sectorsize\n");
 	exit(ret);
 }