diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 9e2b38cd8..d9e766c32 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().String("albumplaycountmode", viper.GetString("albumplaycountmode"), "how to compute playcount for albums. absolute (default) or normalized")
 	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("autoimportplaylists", viper.GetBool("autoimportplaylists"), "enable/disable .m3u playlist auto-import`")
 
-	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("prometheus.enabled", viper.GetBool("prometheus.enabled"), "enable/disable prometheus metrics endpoint`")
+	rootCmd.Flags().Bool("prometheus.enabled", viper.GetBool("prometheus.enabled"), "enable/disable prometheus metrics endpoint")
 	rootCmd.Flags().String("prometheus.metricspath", viper.GetString("prometheus.metricspath"), "http endpoint for prometheus metrics")
 
 	_ = viper.BindPFlag("address", rootCmd.Flags().Lookup("address"))