diff --git a/services/postprocessing/pkg/command/postprocessing.go b/services/postprocessing/pkg/command/postprocessing.go
index f263384e5f8..ee155889630 100644
--- a/services/postprocessing/pkg/command/postprocessing.go
+++ b/services/postprocessing/pkg/command/postprocessing.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ func RestartPostprocessing(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:    "step",
 				Aliases: []string{"s"},
-				Usage:   "restarts all uploads currently in that specific postprocessing step. Ignored if upload-id is set.",
-				Value:   "finished", // Is this default sane? Calling `ocis postprocessing restart` without any arguments will restart all finished uploads.
+				Usage:   "restarts all uploads in the given postprocessing step. Ignored if upload-id is set.",
+				Value:   "finished", // Calling `ocis postprocessing restart` without any arguments will restart all uploads that are finished but failed to move the uploed from the upload area to the blobstore.
 			},
 		},
 		Before: func(c *cli.Context) error {