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diff --git a/coverage/cmdline.py b/coverage/cmdline.py
index f7cb28c3..0ab74759 100644
--- a/coverage/cmdline.py
+++ b/coverage/cmdline.py
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ class Opts(object):
)
parallel_mode = optparse.Option(
'-p', '--parallel-mode', action='store_true',
- help="Include the machine name and process id in the .coverage "
- "data file name."
+ help="Append the machine name, process id and random number to the "
+ ".coverage data file name to simplify collecting data from "
+ "many processes."
)
rcfile = optparse.Option(
'', '--rcfile', action='store',