diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
index ee7c926ed7aab..77bbc3b15dd5e 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void usage()
   cout << "  reshard process            process of scheduled reshard jobs\n";
   cout << "  reshard cancel             cancel resharding a bucket\n";
   cout << "  reshard stale-instances list list stale-instances from bucket resharding\n";
-  cout << "  reshard stale-instances rm   cleanup stale-instances from bucket resharding\n";
+  cout << "  reshard stale-instances delete   cleanup stale-instances from bucket resharding\n";
   cout << "  sync error list            list sync error\n";
   cout << "  sync error trim            trim sync error\n";
   cout << "  mfa create                 create a new MFA TOTP token\n";
diff --git a/src/test/cli/radosgw-admin/help.t b/src/test/cli/radosgw-admin/help.t
index 2ea1ceda25a64..77863e9ca16d2 100644
--- a/src/test/cli/radosgw-admin/help.t
+++ b/src/test/cli/radosgw-admin/help.t
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
     reshard process            process of scheduled reshard jobs
     reshard cancel             cancel resharding a bucket
     reshard stale-instances list list stale-instances from bucket resharding
-    reshard stale-instances rm   cleanup stale-instances from bucket resharding
+    reshard stale-instances delete   cleanup stale-instances from bucket resharding
     sync error list            list sync error
     sync error trim            trim sync error
     mfa create                 create a new MFA TOTP token