diff --git a/gallery_dl/option.py b/gallery_dl/option.py
index 7aa70d2f..e65c08f9 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/option.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/option.py
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ def build_parser():
     selection.add_argument(
         "--download-archive",
         dest="archive", metavar="FILE", action=ConfigAction,
-        help=("Record all downloaded or skipped files in FILE and "
+        help=("Record successfully downloaded files in FILE and "
               "skip downloading any file already in it"),
     )
     selection.add_argument(