diff --git a/landscape/client/broker/config.py b/landscape/client/broker/config.py
index 69fc0b1d..2e7849f4 100644
--- a/landscape/client/broker/config.py
+++ b/landscape/client/broker/config.py
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ def make_parser(self):
             "--installation-request-id",
             help="Only set this value if this computer is a child instance "
             "managed by Landscape, in which case set it to be the request id "
-            "that Landscape assigned to the host machine.",
+            "that Landscape assigned to the installation activity for the "
+            "host machine.",
         )
 
         return parser
diff --git a/landscape/client/broker/tests/test_config.py b/landscape/client/broker/tests/test_config.py
index 2f425258..e4d2656a 100644
--- a/landscape/client/broker/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/landscape/client/broker/tests/test_config.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def test_installation_request_id_handling(self):
             "installed-according-to-plan",
         )
 
-    def test_missing_ninstallation_request_id_is_none(self):
+    def test_missing_installation_request_id_is_none(self):
         """
         Test that if we don't explicitly pass a installation_request_id,
         then this value is None.