diff --git a/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp b/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp
index 8f9cfff243f..a3b0d09b5f1 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/app/options.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ void options::define(cxxopts::Options& opts)
 		("r",                             "Rules file/directory (defaults to value set in configuration file, or /etc/falco_rules.yaml). This option can be passed multiple times to read from multiple files/directories.", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>(), "<rules_file>")
 		("s",                             "If specified, append statistics related to Falco's reading/processing of events to this file (only useful in live mode).", cxxopts::value(stats_output_file), "<stats_file>")
 		("stats-interval",                "When using -s <stats_file>, write statistics every <msec> ms. This uses signals, and has a minimum threshold of 100 ms. Defaults to 5000 (5 seconds).", cxxopts::value(stats_interval),  "<msec>")
-		("S,snaplen",                     "Capture the first <len> bytes of each I/O buffer. By default, the first 80 bytes are captured. Use this option with caution, it can generate huge trace files.", cxxopts::value(snaplen)->default_value("0"), "<len>")
+		("S,snaplen",                     "Capture the first <len> bytes of each I/O buffer. By default, the first 80 bytes are captured. Use this option with caution, it can have a strong performance impact.", cxxopts::value(snaplen)->default_value("0"), "<len>")
 		("support",                       "Print support information including version, rules files used, etc. and exit.", cxxopts::value(print_support)->default_value("false"))
 		("T",                             "Disable any rules with a tag=<tag>. This option can be passed multiple times. Can not be mized with -t", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>(), "<tag>")
 		("t",                             "Only run those rules with a tag=<tag>. This option can be passed multiple times. Can not be mixed with -T/-D.", cxxopts::value<std::vector<std::string>>(), "<tag>")