diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
index 6ccd752ebd5..a222d3dc1dd 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
@@ -111,11 +111,8 @@ class K2JVMCompilerArguments : CommonCompilerArguments() {
 
     @Argument(
             value = "-Xnormalize-constructor-calls",
-            valueDescription = "{disable|enable|preserve-class-initialization}",
-            description = "Normalize constructor calls " +
-                          "(disable: don't normalize; enable: normalize; " +
-                          "preserve-class-initialization: normalize preserving class initialization order), " +
-                          "default is disable"
+            valueDescription = "{disable|enable}",
+            description = "Normalize constructor calls (disable: don't normalize; enable: normalize), default is disable"
     )
     var constructorCallNormalizationMode: String? by FreezableVar(JVMConstructorCallNormalizationMode.DEFAULT.description)
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/extraHelp.out b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/extraHelp.out
index 5266ca72e19..63ecaa010a3 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/extraHelp.out
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/extraHelp.out
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ where advanced options include:
                              or all modules on the module path if <module> is ALL-MODULE-PATH
   -Xbuild-file=<path>        Path to the .xml build file to compile
   -Xcompile-java             Reuse javac analysis and compile Java source files
-  -Xnormalize-constructor-calls={disable|enable|preserve-class-initialization}
-                             Normalize constructor calls (disable: don't normalize; enable: normalize; preserve-class-initialization: normalize preserving class initialization order), default is disable
+  -Xnormalize-constructor-calls={disable|enable}
+                             Normalize constructor calls (disable: don't normalize; enable: normalize), default is disable
   -Xdump-declarations-to=<path> Path to JSON file to dump Java to Kotlin declaration mappings
   -Xmultifile-parts-inherit  Compile multifile classes as a hierarchy of parts and facade
   -Xmodule-path=<path>       Paths where to find Java 9+ modules