diff --git a/lib/puppet/reports/http.rb b/lib/puppet/reports/http.rb
index c01e879c2..0fcd12444 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/reports/http.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/reports/http.rb
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 require 'puppet'
 require 'net/http'
 require 'uri'
 
 Puppet::Reports.register_report(:http) do
 
   desc <<-DESC
   Send report information via HTTP to the `reporturl`. Each host sends
   its report as a YAML dump and this sends this YAML to a client via HTTP POST.
-  The YAML is the `report` parameter of the request."
+  The YAML is the body of the request.
   DESC
 
   def process
     url = URI.parse(Puppet[:reporturl])
     req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path)
     req.body = self.to_yaml
     req.content_type = "application/x-yaml"
     Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port).start {|http|
       response = http.request(req)
       unless response.kind_of?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
         Puppet.err "Unable to submit report to #{Puppet[:reporturl].to_s} [#{response.code}] #{response.msg}"
       end
     }
   end
 end