diff --git a/command/state_rm.go b/command/state_rm.go
index a2ffdf1b8..e106afb81 100644
--- a/command/state_rm.go
+++ b/command/state_rm.go
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ Options:
                       will write it to the same path as the statefile with
                       a backup extension.
 
-  -state=statefile    Path to a Terraform state file to use to look
-                      up Terraform-managed resources. By default it will
-                      use the state "terraform.tfstate" if it exists.
+  -state=PATH         Path to the source state file. Defaults to the configured
+                      backend, or "terraform.tfstate"
 
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 	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)