1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/coverage/cmdline.py b/coverage/cmdline.py
index 2bec4ea8..66d4dc3c 100644
--- a/coverage/cmdline.py
+++ b/coverage/cmdline.py
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ class Opts(object):
     )
     contexts = optparse.make_option(
         '', '--contexts', action='store',
-        metavar="PAT1,PAT2,...",
+        metavar="REGEX1,REGEX2,...",
         help=(
             "Only display data from lines covered in the given contexts. "
-            "Accepts shell-style wildcards, which must be quoted."
+            "Accepts Python regexes, which must be quoted."
         ),
     )
     output_xml = optparse.make_option(