diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
index 2295df62d03..8c88b07dcc8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -923,7 +923,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--with-data</option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Dump data. This is the default.
+        Output commands to restore data, if the archive contains them.
+        This is the default.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -932,7 +933,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--with-schema</option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Dump schema (data definitions). This is the default.
+        Output commands to restore schema (data definitions), if the archive
+        contains them. This is the default.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -941,7 +943,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--with-statistics</option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Dump statistics. This is the default.
+        Output commands to restore statistics, if the archive contains them.
+        This is the default.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_restore.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_restore.c
index f2182e91825..c4b6214d618 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_restore.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_restore.c
@@ -712,9 +712,9 @@ usage(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  --use-set-session-authorization\n"
 			 "                               use SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION commands instead of\n"
 			 "                               ALTER OWNER commands to set ownership\n"));
-	printf(_("  --with-data                  dump the data\n"));
-	printf(_("  --with-schema                dump the schema\n"));
-	printf(_("  --with-statistics            dump the statistics\n"));
+	printf(_("  --with-data                  restore the data\n"));
+	printf(_("  --with-schema                restore the schema\n"));
+	printf(_("  --with-statistics            restore the statistics\n"));
 
 	printf(_("\nConnection options:\n"));
 	printf(_("  -h, --host=HOSTNAME      database server host or socket directory\n"));