diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man8/tabprune.8.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man8/tabprune.8.pod
index 407839ff2..659b6eb4f 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man8/tabprune.8.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man8/tabprune.8.pod
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Display usage message.
 
 =item B<-V> 
 
-Verbose mode
+Verbose mode.  This will cause tabprune to display the records that are being deleted from the table, in case
+you want to redirect them to a file to archive them.
 
 =item B<-a>