diff --git a/src/cli/List.cpp b/src/cli/List.cpp
index 6d85404f..98d08d3b 100644
--- a/src/cli/List.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/List.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int List::execute(const QStringList& arguments)
                                QObject::tr("path"));
     parser.addOption(keyFile);
     QCommandLineOption recursiveOption(QStringList() << "R" << "recursive",
-                                       QObject::tr("Recursive mode, list elements recursively"));
+                                       QObject::tr("Recursively list the elements of the group."));
     parser.addOption(recursiveOption);
     parser.addHelpOption();
     parser.process(arguments);
diff --git a/src/cli/keepassxc-cli.1 b/src/cli/keepassxc-cli.1
index cd428e10..9d29534e 100644
--- a/src/cli/keepassxc-cli.1
+++ b/src/cli/keepassxc-cli.1
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ otherwise the program will fail. If the wordlist has < 4000 words a warning will
 be printed to STDERR.
 
 
+.SS "List options"
+
+.IP "-R, --recursive"
+Recursively list the elements of the group.
+
+
 .SS "Generate options"
 
 .IP "-L, --length <length>"