diff --git a/src/redis-cli.c b/src/redis-cli.c
index 24e283e57636389ec85a1beed77fb6cd5328ad60..681f0a7188689b3a56a9d4be668549d7f1287ee2 100644
--- a/src/redis-cli.c
+++ b/src/redis-cli.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ static int parseOptions(int argc, char **argv) {
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i],"-n") && !lastarg) {
             config.dbnum = atoi(argv[++i]);
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i],"-a") && !lastarg) {
-            fputs("Warning: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.\n", stderr);
+            fputs("Warning: Using a password with '-a' option on the command line interface may not be safe.\n", stderr);
             config.auth = argv[++i];
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i],"-u") && !lastarg) {
             parseRedisUri(argv[++i]);