diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
index 8d62241f6..4fcb2fe37 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ site => {
    "  master:\tThe hostname of the xCAT management node.\n\n".
    "  maxssh:\tThe max # of SSH connections for hw ctrl purposes to PPC hw.\n\n".
    "  nameservers:\tA comma delimited list of DNS servers for the cluster - often the xCAT management node.\n\n".
-   "  nodestatus:\tIf set to 0, the nodelist.status column will not be updated during the node deployment, node discovery and power operation.\n\n".
+   "  nodestatus:\tIf set to 'n', the nodelist.status column will not be updated during the node deployment, node discovery and power operation.\n\n".
    "  ntpservers:\tA comma delimited list of NTP servers for the cluster - often the xCAT management node.\n\n".
    "  ppcmaxp:\tThe max # of processes for PPC hw ctrl.\n\n".
    "  ppcretry:\tThw max # of PPC hw connection attempts before failing.\n\n".