diff --git a/src/Stack/Options.hs b/src/Stack/Options.hs
index 62379366c5..2d993141cd 100644
--- a/src/Stack/Options.hs
+++ b/src/Stack/Options.hs
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ newOptsParser = (,) <$> newOpts <*> initOptsParser
              help "Do not create a subdirectory for the project") <*>
         templateNameArgument
             (metavar "TEMPLATE_NAME" <>
-             help "Name of a template or a local template in a subdirectory,\
+             help "Name of a template or a local template in a file,\
                   \ for example: foo or foo.hsfiles" <>
              value defaultTemplateName) <*>
         fmap