diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 860a02e..ac47e5a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ Options:
                                   [required]
   -p, --cse-password TEXT         Nextcloud user's end-to-end encryption
                                   password
-  -t, --timeout INTEGER           Nextcloud user's end-to-end encryption
-                                  password
+  -t, --timeout INTEGER           Timeout for HTTPS requests
   -c, --cache-duration INTEGER    Number of seconds to hold the list of
                                   passwords
   -P, --https-proxy TEXT          HTTPS proxy to use to connect to the
diff --git a/nc_password_client/nc_password_client.py b/nc_password_client/nc_password_client.py
index 0cae679..3235c74 100755
--- a/nc_password_client/nc_password_client.py
+++ b/nc_password_client/nc_password_client.py
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ class NcPasswordClient:
     '--timeout', '-t',
     default=10,
     type=click.INT,
-    help='Nextcloud user\'s end-to-end encryption password'
+    help='Timeout for HTTPS requests'
 )
 @click.option(
     '--cache-duration', '-c',