diff --git a/lib/inspec/cli.rb b/lib/inspec/cli.rb
index 20154da89..ec474a912 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/cli.rb
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class Inspec::InspecCLI < Inspec::BaseCLI
   option :overwrite, type: :boolean, default: false,
     desc: "Overwrite existing archive."
   option :airgap, type: :string, default: false, banner: "", # Actually a boolean, but this suppresses the creation of a --no-airgap...
-    desc: "Prefer using existing local archives to fetching profiles."
+    desc: "Fallback to using local archives if fetching fails."
   option :ignore_errors, type: :boolean, default: false,
     desc: "Ignore profile warnings."
   def archive(path)