diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e78f87fe9e0..fea21ee3f44 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[str]:
             for x in ("raqm", "fribidi")
         ]
         + [
-            ("disable-platform-guessing", None, "Disable platform guessing on Linux"),
+            ("disable-platform-guessing", None, "Disable platform guessing"),
             ("debug", None, "Debug logging"),
         ]
         + [("add-imaging-libs=", None, "Add libs to _imaging build")]