diff --git a/src/logging.cc b/src/logging.cc
index 602afba4e..c0c79ba44 100644
--- a/src/logging.cc
+++ b/src/logging.cc
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ GLOG_DEFINE_string(alsologtoemail, "",
 GLOG_DEFINE_bool(log_prefix, true,
                  "Prepend the log prefix to the start of each log line");
 GLOG_DEFINE_bool(log_year_in_prefix, true,
-                 "The year should be included in the log prefix");
+                 "Include the year in the log prefix");
 GLOG_DEFINE_int32(minloglevel, 0, "Messages logged at a lower level than this don't "
                   "actually get logged anywhere");
 GLOG_DEFINE_int32(logbuflevel, 0,