diff --git a/cmd/create/cluster/cmd.go b/cmd/create/cluster/cmd.go
index 772f293b94..8dbff9c148 100644
--- a/cmd/create/cluster/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/create/cluster/cmd.go
@@ -753,7 +753,8 @@ The password must
 		&args.additionalComputeSecurityGroupIds,
 		additionalComputeSecurityGroupIdsFlag,
 		nil,
-		"The additional security groups for default worker machine pool.",
+		"The additional Security Group IDs to be added to the default worker machine pool. "+
+			"Format should be a comma-separated list.",
 	)
 
 	aws.AddModeFlag(Cmd)
diff --git a/cmd/create/machinepool/cmd.go b/cmd/create/machinepool/cmd.go
index 68a9559df6..30d21be47c 100644
--- a/cmd/create/machinepool/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/create/machinepool/cmd.go
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ func init() {
 	flags.StringSliceVar(&args.securityGroupIds,
 		securityGroupIdsFlag,
 		nil,
-		"Security Group IDs to be added to the machine pool",
+		"The additional Security Group IDs to be added to the machine pool. "+
+			"Format should be a comma-separated list.",
 	)
 
 	interactive.AddFlag(flags)