diff --git a/doc/source/command-objects/limits.rst b/doc/source/command-objects/limits.rst
index 6a7509f204..87a5b33c98 100644
--- a/doc/source/command-objects/limits.rst
+++ b/doc/source/command-objects/limits.rst
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ Show compute and block storage limits
 
 .. option:: --domain <domain>
 
-    Domain that owns --project (name or ID) [only valid with --absolute]
+    Domain the project belongs to (name or ID) [only valid with --absolute]
diff --git a/openstackclient/common/limits.py b/openstackclient/common/limits.py
index bd546c01ee..1f87abf3de 100644
--- a/openstackclient/common/limits.py
+++ b/openstackclient/common/limits.py
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ class ShowLimits(command.Lister):
         parser.add_argument(
             '--domain',
             metavar='<domain>',
-            help='Domain that owns --project (name or ID)'
-                 '  [only valid with --absolute]',
+            help='Domain the project belongs to (name or ID)'
+                 ' [only valid with --absolute]',
         )
         return parser