diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js
index 04a648c1fd..169c61ffa5 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel/options.js
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ commander.option(
   "Do not include superfluous whitespace characters and line terminators.",
   booleanify,
 );
-commander.option("--minified", "save as much bytes when printing [true|false]");
+commander.option(
+  "--minified [true|false]",
+  "Save as many bytes when printing.",
+);
 commander.option(
   "--auxiliary-comment-before [string]",
   "Print a comment before any injected non-user code.",