diff --git a/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py b/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
index bad5be491721..2737b50927f6 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
@@ -632,9 +632,9 @@ def add_cli_args(parser: FlexibleArgumentParser) -> FlexibleArgumentParser:
             '--preemption-mode',
             type=str,
             default=None,
-            help='If \'recompute\', the engine performs preemption by block '
-            'swapping; If \'swap\', the engine performs preemption by block '
-            'swapping.')
+            help='If \'recompute\', the engine performs preemption by '
+            'recomputing; If \'swap\', the engine performs preemption by '
+            'block swapping.')
 
         parser.add_argument(
             "--served-model-name",