diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/FeatureCommand.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/FeatureCommand.java
index 87e4c228baf2e..3f1f309abf573 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/FeatureCommand.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/FeatureCommand.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ private static void addUpgradeParser(Subparsers subparsers) {
 
     private static void addDowngradeParser(Subparsers subparsers) {
         Subparser downgradeParser = subparsers.addParser("downgrade")
-                .help("Upgrade one or more feature flags.");
+                .help("Downgrade one or more feature flags.");
         downgradeParser.addArgument("--metadata")
                 .help("DEPRECATED -- The level to which we should downgrade the metadata. For example, 3.3-IV0.")
                 .action(store());