diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 6f05a3aa4a..7911f07221 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs()
 
     gArgs.AddArg("-addressindex", strprintf("Maintain a full address index, used to query for the balance, txids and unspent outputs for addresses (default: %u)", DEFAULT_ADDRESSINDEX), false, OptionsCategory::INDEXING);
     gArgs.AddArg("-reindex", "Rebuild chain state and block index from the blk*.dat files on disk", false, OptionsCategory::INDEXING);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-reindex-chainstate", "Rebuild chain state from the currently indexed blocks", false, OptionsCategory::INDEXING);
+    gArgs.AddArg("-reindex-chainstate", "Rebuild chain state from the currently indexed blocks. When in pruning mode or if blocks on disk might be corrupted, use full -reindex instead.", false, OptionsCategory::INDEXING);
     gArgs.AddArg("-spentindex", strprintf("Maintain a full spent index, used to query the spending txid and input index for an outpoint (default: %u)", DEFAULT_SPENTINDEX), false, OptionsCategory::INDEXING);
     gArgs.AddArg("-timestampindex", strprintf("Maintain a timestamp index for block hashes, used to query blocks hashes by a range of timestamps (default: %u)", DEFAULT_TIMESTAMPINDEX), false, OptionsCategory::INDEXING);
     gArgs.AddArg("-txindex", strprintf("Maintain a full transaction index, used by the getrawtransaction rpc call (default: %u)", DEFAULT_TXINDEX), false, OptionsCategory::INDEXING);