diff --git a/docker/flags.go b/docker/flags.go
index 4a6b361f97..80fd9fc17c 100644
--- a/docker/flags.go
+++ b/docker/flags.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ var (
 	flSocketGroup = flag.String([]string{"G", "-group"}, "docker", "Group to assign the unix socket specified by -H when running in daemon mode\nuse '' (the empty string) to disable setting of a group")
 	flLogLevel    = flag.String([]string{"l", "-log-level"}, "info", "Set the logging level")
 	flEnableCors  = flag.Bool([]string{"#api-enable-cors", "-api-enable-cors"}, false, "Enable CORS headers in the remote API")
-	flTls         = flag.Bool([]string{"-tls"}, false, "Use TLS; implied by tls-verify flags")
+	flTls         = flag.Bool([]string{"-tls"}, false, "Use TLS; implied by --tlsverify=true")
 	flTlsVerify   = flag.Bool([]string{"-tlsverify"}, dockerTlsVerify, "Use TLS and verify the remote (daemon: verify client, client: verify daemon)")
 
 	// these are initialized in init() below since their default values depend on dockerCertPath which isn't fully initialized until init() runs
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
index ab80f2ff51..358786cb29 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/commandline/cli.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ expect an integer, and they can only be specified once.
       -s, --storage-driver=""                    Force the Docker runtime to use a specific storage driver
       --selinux-enabled=false                    Enable selinux support. SELinux does not presently support the BTRFS storage driver
       --storage-opt=[]                           Set storage driver options
-      --tls=false                                Use TLS; implied by tls-verify flags
+      --tls=false                                Use TLS; implied by --tlsverify=true
       --tlscacert="/home/sven/.docker/ca.pem"    Trust only remotes providing a certificate signed by the CA given here
       --tlscert="/home/sven/.docker/cert.pem"    Path to TLS certificate file
       --tlskey="/home/sven/.docker/key.pem"      Path to TLS key file