diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index dd9259d4c9..5fd06b3444 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-relaypriority", strprintf("Require high priority for relaying free or low-fee transactions (default: %u)", 1));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxsigcachesize=<n>", strprintf("Limit size of signature cache to <n> entries (default: %u)", 50000));
     }
-    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-minrelaytxfee=<amt>", strprintf(_("Fees (in %s/kB) smaller than this are considered zero fee for relaying (default: %s)"),
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-minrelaytxfee=<amt>", strprintf(_("Fees (in %s/kB) smaller than this are considered zero fee for relaying, mining and transaction creation (default: %s)"),
         CURRENCY_UNIT, FormatMoney(::minRelayTxFee.GetFeePerK())));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-printtoconsole", _("Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file"));
     if (showDebug)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 30df2744a3..c340bcd5c4 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ size_t nCoinCacheUsage = 5000 * 300;
 uint64_t nPruneTarget = 0;
 bool fAlerts = DEFAULT_ALERTS;
 
-/** Fees smaller than this (in satoshi) are considered zero fee (for relaying and mining) */
+/** Fees smaller than this (in satoshi) are considered zero fee (for relaying, mining and transaction creation) */
 CFeeRate minRelayTxFee = CFeeRate(1000);
 
 CTxMemPool mempool(::minRelayTxFee);