diff --git a/cmd/convert.go b/cmd/convert.go
index a2fc1d2e..19a94b2c 100644
--- a/cmd/convert.go
+++ b/cmd/convert.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func init() {
 	convertCmd.Flags().MarkShorthandDeprecated("y", "YAML is the default format now.")
 	convertCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&ConvertJSON, "json", "j", false, "Generate resource files into JSON format")
 	convertCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&ConvertStdout, "stdout", false, "Print converted objects to stdout")
-	convertCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&ConvertOut, "out", "o", "", "Specify a file name to save objects to")
+	convertCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&ConvertOut, "out", "o", "", "Specify a file name or directory to save objects to (if path does not exist, a file will be created)")
 	convertCmd.Flags().IntVar(&ConvertReplicas, "replicas", 1, "Specify the number of replicas in the generated resource spec")
 	convertCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ConvertVolumes, "volumes", "persistentVolumeClaim", `Volumes to be generated ("persistentVolumeClaim"|"emptyDir"|"hostPath")`)