diff --git a/calicoctl/calicoctl/commands/datastore.go b/calicoctl/calicoctl/commands/datastore.go
index 8f9c3bccc0a..b61c6ab5806 100644
--- a/calicoctl/calicoctl/commands/datastore.go
+++ b/calicoctl/calicoctl/commands/datastore.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func Datastore(args []string) error {
   <BINARY_NAME> datastore <command> [<args>...]
 
     migrate               Migrate the contents of an etcdv3 datastore to a Kubernetes datastore.
-    migrate-policy-names  Rewrite pre-v3.32 policy names in an etcdv3 datastore to drop the tier prefix.
+    migrate-policy-names  Rewrite pre-v3.32 policy names in an etcdv3 datastore to drop the legacy "default." tier prefix.
 
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