Update --validate flag description

README.md

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Flags:
       --report-path strings           path to generate report files. The output format will be determined by the file extension (.json, .yaml, .sarif)
       --rule strings                  select rules by name or tag to apply to this scan
       --stdout-format string          stdout output format, available formats are: json, yaml, sarif (default "yaml")
-      --validate                      Validate the secrets found
+      --validate                      trigger additional validation to check if discovered secrets are active or revoked
   -v, --version                       version for 2ms
 
 Use "2ms [command] --help" for more information about a command.
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Use "2ms [command] --help" for more information about a command.
 
 ## Validity Check
 
-From the help message: `--validate                      Validate the secrets found`.
+From the help message: `--validate    trigger additional validation to check if discovered secrets are active or revoked`.
 
 The `--validate` flag will check the validity of the secrets found. For example, if it is a Github token, it will check if the token is valid by making a request to the Github API. We will use the less intrusive method to check the validity of the secret.
 

cmd/main.go

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func Execute() (int, error) {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&secretsConfigVar.SpecialList, specialRulesFlagName, []string{}, "special (non-default) rules to apply.\nThis list is not affected by the --rule and --ignore-rule flags.")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Var(&ignoreOnExitVar, ignoreOnExitFlagName, "defines which kind of non-zero exits code should be ignored\naccepts: all, results, errors, none\nexample: if 'results' is set, only engine errors will make 2ms exit code different from 0")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVar(&secretsConfigVar.MaxTargetMegabytes, maxTargetMegabytesFlagName, 0, "files larger than this will be skipped.\nOmit or set to 0 to disable this check.")
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&validateVar, validate, false, "Validate the secrets found")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&validateVar, validate, false, "trigger additional validation to check if discovered secrets are active or revoked")
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(secrets.GetRulesCommand(&secretsConfigVar))