diff --git a/src/commands.cc b/src/commands.cc
index f6ec6ad5..bf540a0c 100644
--- a/src/commands.cc
+++ b/src/commands.cc
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ const CommandDesc add_highlighter_cmd = {
     "add-highlighter",
     "addhl",
     "add-highlighter <path>/<name> <type> <type params>...: add an highlighter to the group identified by <path>\n"
-    "    <path> is a '/' delimited path the parent, starting with either\n"
+    "    <path> is a '/' delimited path or the parent highlighter, starting with either\n"
     "   'global', 'buffer', 'window' or 'shared', if <name> is empty, it will be autogenerated",
     ParameterDesc{ {}, ParameterDesc::Flags::SwitchesAsPositional, 2 },
     CommandFlags::None,