diff --git a/devtools/cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/Test.java b/devtools/cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/Test.java
index 5894729f5d728..ac11a7b36d554 100644
--- a/devtools/cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/Test.java
+++ b/devtools/cli/src/main/java/io/quarkus/cli/Test.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class Test extends BaseBuildCommand implements Callable<Integer> {
 
     @CommandLine.Option(names = "--filter", description = { "Run a subset of the test suite that matches the given filter.",
             "If continuous testing is enabled then the value is a regular expression that is matched against the test class name.",
-            "If continuous testing is disabled then the value is passed as is to the underlying build tool." })
+            "If continuous testing is disabled then the value is passed as-is to the underlying build tool." })
     String filter;
 
     @Parameters(description = "Parameters passed to the application.")