diff --git a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceClean/surfaceClean.C b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceClean/surfaceClean.C
index 6c55ce14d5..b11845df04 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceClean/surfaceClean.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceClean/surfaceClean.C
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     argList::addBoolOption
     (
         "noClean",
-        "perform some surface checking/cleanup on the input surface"
+        "suppress surface checking/cleanup on the input surface"
     );
     argList args(argc, argv);
 
diff --git a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceMeshConvertTesting/surfaceMeshConvertTesting.C b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceMeshConvertTesting/surfaceMeshConvertTesting.C
index bc7d50f495..5f1c5e9a33 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceMeshConvertTesting/surfaceMeshConvertTesting.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/surface/surfaceMeshConvertTesting/surfaceMeshConvertTesting.C
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     argList::validArgs.append("inputFile");
     argList::validArgs.append("outputFile");
 
-    argList::addBoolOption("clean");
+    argList::addBoolOption
+    (
+        "clean",
+        "perform some surface checking/cleanup on the input surface"
+    );
     argList::addBoolOption
     (
         "orient",