diff --git a/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.go b/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.go
index ddf6d9ef6..fac8a5c27 100644
--- a/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.go
+++ b/cmd/tailscaled/tailscaled.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.Var(flagtype.PortValue(&args.port, defaultPort()), "port", "UDP port to listen on for WireGuard and peer-to-peer traffic; 0 means automatically select")
 	flag.StringVar(&args.statepath, "state", "", "absolute path of state file; use 'kube:<secret-name>' to use Kubernetes secrets or 'arn:aws:ssm:...' to store in AWS SSM; use 'mem:' to not store state and register as an ephemeral node. If empty and --statedir is provided, the default is <statedir>/tailscaled.state. Default: "+paths.DefaultTailscaledStateFile())
 	flag.BoolVar(&args.encryptState, "encrypt-state", defaultEncryptState(), "encrypt the state file on disk; uses TPM on Linux and Windows, on all other platforms this flag is not supported")
-	flag.StringVar(&args.statedir, "statedir", "", "path to directory for storage of config state, TLS certs, temporary incoming Taildrop files, etc. If empty, it's derived from --state when possible.")
+	flag.StringVar(&args.statedir, "statedir", "", "path to directory for storage of config state, TLS certs, temporary incoming Taildrop files, etc.")
 	flag.StringVar(&args.socketpath, "socket", paths.DefaultTailscaledSocket(), "path of the service unix socket")
 	flag.StringVar(&args.birdSocketPath, "bird-socket", "", "path of the bird unix socket")
 	flag.BoolVar(&printVersion, "version", false, "print version information and exit")