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 450d27fa2c2..36bedc3d3a3 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
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class K2JVMCompilerArguments : CommonCompilerArguments() {
     )
     var scriptTemplates: Array<String>? by FreezableVar(null)
 
-    @Argument(value = "-module-name", description = "Module name")
+    @Argument(value = "-module-name", valueDescription = "<name>", description = "Name of the generated .kotlin_module file")
     var moduleName: String? by FreezableVar(null)
 
     @GradleOption(DefaultValues.JvmTargetVersions::class)
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/help.out b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/help.out
index 95d4b5606bb..ac5064cda60 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/help.out
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/help.out
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ where possible options include:
   -java-parameters           Generate metadata for Java 1.8 reflection on method parameters
   -jdk-home <path>           Path to JDK home directory to include into classpath, if differs from default JAVA_HOME
   -jvm-target <version>      Target version of the generated JVM bytecode (1.6 or 1.8), default is 1.6
-  -module-name               Module name
+  -module-name <name>        Name of the generated .kotlin_module file
   -no-jdk                    Don't include Java runtime into classpath
   -no-reflect                Don't include Kotlin reflection implementation into classpath
   -no-stdlib                 Don't include Kotlin runtime into classpath