diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/insptbls b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/insptbls
index b1893c0fd..0239996e3 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/insptbls
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/insptbls
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ if ($help) {
     print
       "The script is run on the command line to inspect the xcatdb DB2 database tables.\n";
     print  "Output indicates whether compression should be set on the table.\n";
+    print  "These must be at least one row of data in the table.\n";
     print  "Output is put in /tmp/<tablename all caps>.output. For example /tmp/SITE.out.\n";
     print "Usage:\n";
     print "\t--V - Verbose mode\n";