diff --git a/plugin/storage/es/options.go b/plugin/storage/es/options.go
index 336ffe52ef1..d9822951583 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/es/options.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/es/options.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func addFlags(flagSet *flag.FlagSet, nsConfig *namespaceConfig) {
 	flagSet.String(
 		nsConfig.namespace+suffixSendGetBodyAs,
 		nsConfig.SendGetBodyAs,
-		"The Elasticsearch client SendGetBodyAs parameter ; allows to override GET verb for HTTP requests which contain a body.")
+		"HTTP verb for requests that contain a body [GET, POST].")
 
 	if nsConfig.namespace == archiveNamespace {
 		flagSet.Bool(