diff --git a/pkg/cmd/apply/apply.go b/pkg/cmd/apply/apply.go
index f07b644ed..d1e3be3ed 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/apply/apply.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/apply/apply.go
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ var ApplySetToolVersion = version.Get().GitVersion
 func NewApplyFlags(streams genericiooptions.IOStreams) *ApplyFlags {
 	return &ApplyFlags{
 		RecordFlags: genericclioptions.NewRecordFlags(),
-		DeleteFlags: cmddelete.NewDeleteFlags("The files that contain the configurations to apply."),
+		DeleteFlags: cmddelete.NewDeleteFlags("The files, directories or URLs that contain the configurations to apply."),
 		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("created").WithTypeSetter(scheme.Scheme),
 
 		Overwrite:    true,
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/replace/replace.go b/pkg/cmd/replace/replace.go
index 97c5816a3..c76fe2b09 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/replace/replace.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/replace/replace.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ type ReplaceOptions struct {
 func NewReplaceOptions(streams genericiooptions.IOStreams) *ReplaceOptions {
 	return &ReplaceOptions{
 		PrintFlags:  genericclioptions.NewPrintFlags("replaced"),
-		DeleteFlags: delete.NewDeleteFlags("The files that contain the configurations to replace."),
+		DeleteFlags: delete.NewDeleteFlags("The files, directories or URLs that contain the configurations to replace."),
 
 		IOStreams: streams,
 	}