diff --git a/senlinclient/v1/action.py b/senlinclient/v1/action.py
index ee8b865b..a1b303d6 100644
--- a/senlinclient/v1/action.py
+++ b/senlinclient/v1/action.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class ListAction(command.Lister):
         parser.add_argument(
             '--marker',
             metavar='<id>',
-            help=_('Only return actions that appear after the given node ID')
+            help=_('Only return actions that appear after the given action ID')
         )
         parser.add_argument(
             '--full-id',