diff --git a/scripts/makei b/scripts/makei
index d35fe3a..5ab6b22 100755
--- a/scripts/makei
+++ b/scripts/makei
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def add_cvtsrcpf_parser(subparsers: argparse.ArgumentParser):
     cvtsrcpf_parser.add_argument(
         "-c",
         "--ccsid",
-        help='The TGTCCSID for the build. If not specified, then the CCSID of the SRC-PF will be used.',
+        help='The target EBCDIC CCSID that the source in this directory should be compiled with. If not specified, then the CCSID of the SRC-PF being converted will be used. If that CCSID is 65535 or an invalid CCSID is encountered than the CCSID of the JOB running the build will be used.',
         metavar='<ccsid>',
         type=str
     )