diff --git a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/root.go b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/root.go
index d59f6f17106..1194b49ec8f 100644
--- a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/root.go
+++ b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/root.go
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ func getClientForCommand(cmd *cobra.Command) (vtctldclient.VtctldClient, error)
 }
 
 func init() {
-	Root.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&server, "server", "", "VtCtld server to use for the connection (required).")
-	Root.PersistentFlags().DurationVar(&actionTimeout, "action_timeout", time.Hour, "Timeout to use for the command.")
-	Root.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&compactOutput, "compact", false, "Use compact format for otherwise verbose outputs.")
+	Root.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&server, "server", "", "server to use for the connection (required)")
+	Root.PersistentFlags().DurationVar(&actionTimeout, "action_timeout", time.Hour, "timeout to use for the command")
+	Root.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&compactOutput, "compact", false, "use compact format for otherwise verbose outputs")
 	vreplcommon.RegisterCommands(Root)
 }
diff --git a/go/flags/endtoend/vtctldclient.txt b/go/flags/endtoend/vtctldclient.txt
index b8543d73935..7fddb7eebfe 100644
--- a/go/flags/endtoend/vtctldclient.txt
+++ b/go/flags/endtoend/vtctldclient.txt
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ Available Commands:
   help                        Help about any command
 
 Flags:
-      --action_timeout duration                timeout for the total command (default 1h0m0s)
+      --action_timeout duration                timeout to use for the command (default 1h0m0s)
       --alsologtostderr                        log to standard error as well as files
+      --compact                                use compact format for otherwise verbose outputs
       --grpc_auth_static_client_creds string   When using grpc_static_auth in the server, this file provides the credentials to use to authenticate with server.
       --grpc_compression string                Which protocol to use for compressing gRPC. Default: nothing. Supported: snappy
       --grpc_enable_tracing                    Enable gRPC tracing.
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ Flags:
       --mysql_server_version string            MySQL server version to advertise. (default "8.0.30-Vitess")
       --purge_logs_interval duration           how often try to remove old logs (default 1h0m0s)
       --security_policy string                 the name of a registered security policy to use for controlling access to URLs - empty means allow all for anyone (built-in policies: deny-all, read-only)
-      --server string                          server to use for connection (required)
+      --server string                          server to use for the connection (required)
       --stderrthreshold severity               logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 1)
   -v, --v Level                                log level for V logs
       --version                                version for vtctldclient