diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
index 74e6d140a6..8b71aae62a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module Homebrew
       flag   "--root-url=",
              description: "Use the specified <URL> as the root of the bottle's URL instead of Homebrew's default."
       flag   "--root-url-using=",
-             description: "Use the specified download strategy for the root_url in the generated DSL via `using:' arg"
+             description: "Use the specified download strategy class for downloading the bottle's URL instead of Homebrew's default."
 
       conflicts "--no-rebuild", "--keep-old"
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb
index 521eb0e229..23c1033be4 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-pull.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ module Homebrew
       flag   "--root-url=",
              description: "Use the specified <URL> as the root of the bottle's URL instead of Homebrew's default."
       flag   "--root-url-using=",
-             description: "Use the specified download strategy for the root_url in the generated DSL via `using:' arg"
+             description: "Use the specified download strategy class for downloading the bottle's URL instead of Homebrew's default."
       flag   "--bintray-mirror=",
              description: "Use the specified Bintray repository to automatically mirror stable URLs "\
                           "defined in the formulae (default: `mirror`)."
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-upload.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-upload.rb
index a446141008..27adc33068 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-upload.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/pr-upload.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module Homebrew
       flag   "--root-url=",
              description: "Use the specified <URL> as the root of the bottle's URL instead of Homebrew's default."
       flag   "--root-url-using=",
-             description: "Use the specified download strategy for the root_url in the generated DSL via `using:' arg"
+             description: "Use the specified download strategy class for downloading the bottle's URL instead of Homebrew's default."
 
       named_args :none
     end