diff --git a/doc/source/command-objects/server.rst b/doc/source/command-objects/server.rst
index 88f22baf03..40ecc047a1 100644
--- a/doc/source/command-objects/server.rst
+++ b/doc/source/command-objects/server.rst
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ Migrate server to different host
 
 .. option:: --wait
 
-    Wait for resize to complete
+    Wait for migrate to complete
 
 .. describe:: <server>
 
diff --git a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py
index 938c8c06ae..d92218734f 100644
--- a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py
+++ b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ class MigrateServer(command.Command):
         parser.add_argument(
             '--wait',
             action='store_true',
-            help=_('Wait for resize to complete'),
+            help=_('Wait for migrate to complete'),
         )
         return parser