diff --git a/cmd/kyverno/main.go b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
index 619a9efa76..174e3d3ce7 100644
--- a/cmd/kyverno/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kyverno/main.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func main() {
 	)
 	flagset := flag.NewFlagSet("kyverno", flag.ExitOnError)
 	flagset.BoolVar(&dumpPayload, "dumpPayload", false, "Set this flag to activate/deactivate debug mode.")
-	flagset.IntVar(&webhookTimeout, "webhookTimeout", webhookcontroller.DefaultWebhookTimeout, "Timeout for webhook configurations.")
+	flagset.IntVar(&webhookTimeout, "webhookTimeout", webhookcontroller.DefaultWebhookTimeout, "Timeout for webhook configurations (number of seconds, integer).")
 	flagset.IntVar(&maxQueuedEvents, "maxQueuedEvents", 1000, "Maximum events to be queued.")
 	flagset.StringVar(&omitEvents, "omit-events", "", "Set this flag to a comma sperated list of PolicyViolation, PolicyApplied, PolicyError, PolicySkipped to disable events, e.g. --omit-events=PolicyApplied,PolicyViolation")
 	flagset.StringVar(&serverIP, "serverIP", "", "IP address where Kyverno controller runs. Only required if out-of-cluster.")