diff --git a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py index 1e39010af4..996c924b2e 100644 --- a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py +++ b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py @@ -711,7 +711,12 @@ class CreateServer(command.ShowOne): parser.add_argument( '--availability-zone', metavar='<zone-name>', - help=_('Select an availability zone for the server'), + help=_('Select an availability zone for the server. ' + 'Host and node are optional parameters. ' + 'Availability zone in the format ' + '<zone-name>:<host-name>:<node-name>, ' + '<zone-name>::<node-name>, <zone-name>:<host-name> ' + 'or <zone-name>'), ) parser.add_argument( '--host',