diff --git a/doc/mkdwarfs.md b/doc/mkdwarfs.md
index 33e535e5..1491b7ea 100644
--- a/doc/mkdwarfs.md
+++ b/doc/mkdwarfs.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ There are two mandatory options for specifying the input and output:
   is the source filesystem.
 
 - `--input-list=`*file*|`-`:
-  Read list of paths to add to the file system from this file or from stdin.
+  Read list of file paths to add to the file system from this file or from stdin.
   The path names will be interpreted relative to the path given with `--input`.
   If `--input` is omitted, the path names will be interpreted relative to the
   current directory. If you want files to be stored in the exact same order
diff --git a/src/mkdwarfs_main.cpp b/src/mkdwarfs_main.cpp
index 687c205d..d8b63189 100644
--- a/src/mkdwarfs_main.cpp
+++ b/src/mkdwarfs_main.cpp
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ int mkdwarfs_main(int argc, sys_char** argv, iolayer const& iol) {
         "path to root directory or source filesystem")
     ("input-list",
         po_sys_value<sys_string>(&input_list_str),
-        "file containing list of paths relative to root directory")
+        "file containing list of file paths relative to root directory")
     ("output,o",
         po_sys_value<sys_string>(&output_str),
         "filesystem output name")