diff --git a/litex/tools/litex_term.py b/litex/tools/litex_term.py
index eef2d8577..0ae2990d4 100755
--- a/litex/tools/litex_term.py
+++ b/litex/tools/litex_term.py
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def _get_args():
     parser.add_argument("--serial-boot", default=False, action='store_true',
                         help="automatically initiate serial boot")
     parser.add_argument("--kernel", default=None, help="kernel image")
-    parser.add_argument("--kernel-adr", default="0x40000000", help="kernel address")
+    parser.add_argument("--kernel-adr", default="0x40000000", help="kernel address (or flash offset with --flash)")
     parser.add_argument("--images", default=None, help="json description of the images to load to memory")
     parser.add_argument("--no-crc", default=False, action='store_true', help="disable CRC check (speedup serialboot)")
     parser.add_argument("--flash", default=False, action='store_true', help="flash data with serialboot command")