diff --git a/cli/server/add.go b/cli/server/add.go
index f31db31875..bee7c339f3 100644
--- a/cli/server/add.go
+++ b/cli/server/add.go
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ var serverAddCommand = &cli.Command{
 	Description: `
 This command adds a new server that abra will communicate with, to deploy apps.
 
-The <domain> argument must be a publicy accessible domain name which points to
-your server. You should have SSH access to this server, Abra will assume port
-22 and will use your current system username to make an initial connection. You
-can use the <user> and <port> arguments to adjust this.
+If "--local" is passed, then Abra assumes that the current local server is
+intended as the target server.
+
+Otherwise, you may specify a remote server. The <domain> argument must be a
+publicy accessible domain name which points to your server. You should have SSH
+access to this server, Abra will assume port 22 and will use your current
+system username to make an initial connection. You can use the <user> and
+<port> arguments to adjust this.
 
 For example:
 
@@ -44,9 +48,6 @@ Abra will construct the following SSH connection string then:
     ssh://globemodem@varia.zone:12345
 
 All communication between Abra and the server will use this SSH connection.
-
-NOTE: If you specify --local, none of the above applies 🙃
-
 `,
 	Aliases: []string{"a"},
 	Flags: []cli.Flag{