diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
index f32986bf6..98cb8efb9 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ nodelist => {
      appstatustime =>'The date and time when appstatus was updated.',
      primarysn => 'Not used currently. The primary servicenode, used by this node.',
      hidden => "Used to hide fsp and bpa definitions, 1 means not show them when running lsdef and nodels",
-     updatestatus => "The current node update status. Valid states are synced and out-of-sync.",
+     updatestatus => "The current node update status. Valid states are synced, out-of-sync,syncing,failed.",
      updatestatustime => "The date and time when the updatestatus was updated.",
      comments => 'Any user-written notes.',
      disable => "Set to 'yes' or '1' to comment out this row.",