diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 5476ce247..eca9b49e8 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -519,11 +519,11 @@ UniValue signmessage(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
 
     if (fHelp || params.size() != 2)
         throw runtime_error(
-            "signmessage \"zcashaddress\" \"message\"\n"
-            "\nSign a message with the private key of an address"
+            "signmessage \"t-addr\" \"message\"\n"
+            "\nSign a message with the private key of a t-addr"
             + HelpRequiringPassphrase() + "\n"
             "\nArguments:\n"
-            "1. \"zcashaddress\"  (string, required) The Zcash address to use for the private key.\n"
+            "1. \"t-addr\"  (string, required) The transparent address to use for the private key.\n"
             "2. \"message\"         (string, required) The message to create a signature of.\n"
             "\nResult:\n"
             "\"signature\"          (string) The signature of the message encoded in base 64\n"