diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 95b98a06e..25aff5b0e 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--ldsr-models-path", type=str, help="Path to directory with
 parser.add_argument("--opt-split-attention", action='store_true', help="force-enables cross-attention layer optimization. By default, it's on for torch.cuda and off for other torch devices.")
 parser.add_argument("--disable-opt-split-attention", action='store_true', help="force-disables cross-attention layer optimization")
 parser.add_argument("--opt-split-attention-v1", action='store_true', help="enable older version of split attention optimization that does not consume all the VRAM it can find")
-parser.add_argument("--use-cpu", nargs='+',choices=['SD', 'GFPGAN', 'BSRGAN', 'ESRGAN', 'SCUNet', 'CodeFormer'], help="use CPU for specified modules", default=[])
+parser.add_argument("--use-cpu", nargs='+',choices=['SD', 'GFPGAN', 'BSRGAN', 'ESRGAN', 'SCUNet', 'CodeFormer'], help="use CPU as torch device for specified modules", default=[])
 parser.add_argument("--listen", action='store_true', help="launch gradio with 0.0.0.0 as server name, allowing to respond to network requests")
 parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, help="launch gradio with given server port, you need root/admin rights for ports < 1024, defaults to 7860 if available", default=None)
 parser.add_argument("--show-negative-prompt", action='store_true', help="does not do anything", default=False)