diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 03f71e1bc7..76e1b832aa 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ strip_usage (FILE *stream, int exit_status)
      --strip-unneeded              Remove all symbols not needed by relocations\n\
      --only-keep-debug             Strip everything but the debug information\n\
   -N --strip-symbol=<name>         Do not copy symbol <name>\n\
-  -K --keep-symbol=<name>          Only copy symbol <name>\n\
+  -K --keep-symbol=<name>          Do not strip symbol <name>\n\
   -w --wildcard                    Permit wildcard in symbol comparison\n\
   -x --discard-all                 Remove all non-global symbols\n\
   -X --discard-locals              Remove any compiler-generated symbols\n\