diff --git a/bin/is b/bin/is
index 0b6244022b902e8c5a7833fcf980e49840bcf72b..633dbab74a2bb3f62408b1ad2dd585d21ee229b3 100755
--- a/bin/is
+++ b/bin/is
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def c_changelog(parser, args):
 
 def c_check(parser, args):
     '''
-    Check for unreferenced and missing files inside a repository
+    Sanity checks on repositories
     '''
     repoman = load_repositories(args)
     for reponame in args.repository: