diff --git a/cli/src/cluster_query.rs b/cli/src/cluster_query.rs
index d578c78230..76e64bb4bc 100644
--- a/cli/src/cluster_query.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cluster_query.rs
@@ -257,9 +257,8 @@ impl ClusterQuerySubCommands for App<'_, '_> {
         )
         .subcommand(
             SubCommand::with_name("transaction-history")
-                .about("Show historical transactions affecting the given address, \
-                       ordered based on the slot in which they were confirmed in \
-                       from lowest to highest slot")
+                .about("Show historical transactions affecting the given address \
+                        from newest to oldest")
                 .arg(
                     pubkey!(Arg::with_name("address")
                         .index(1)
diff --git a/ledger-tool/src/bigtable.rs b/ledger-tool/src/bigtable.rs
index 82a80220d6..4ffae98889 100644
--- a/ledger-tool/src/bigtable.rs
+++ b/ledger-tool/src/bigtable.rs
@@ -452,9 +452,8 @@ impl BigTableSubCommand for App<'_, '_> {
                 .subcommand(
                     SubCommand::with_name("transaction-history")
                         .about(
-                            "Show historical transactions affecting the given address, \
-                       ordered based on the slot in which they were confirmed in \
-                       from lowest to highest slot",
+                            "Show historical transactions affecting the given address \
+                             from newest to oldest",
                         )
                         .arg(
                             Arg::with_name("address")