Tweak --no/use-registries doc strings

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/libcmd/installables.cc b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
index 0ffb97a5e..95327f958 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/installables.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
@@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ MixFlakeOptions::MixFlakeOptions()
 
     addFlag({
         .longName = "no-registries",
-        .description = "Don't allow lookups in the flake registries.",
+        .description =
+          "Don't allow lookups in the flake registries. This option is deprecated; use `--no-use-registries`.",
         .category = category,
         .handler = {[&]() {
             lockFlags.useRegistries = false;
-            warn("--no-registries is deprecated; use --no-use-registries (a.k.a --option use-registries false)");
+            warn("'--no-registries' is deprecated; use '--no-use-registries'");
         }}
     });
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index a52d20376..8784d5faf 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ public:
         )"};
 
     Setting<bool> useRegistries{this, true, "use-registries",
-        "Whether to use flake registries for reference resolution"};
+        "Whether to use flake registries to resolve flake references."};
 };