diff --git a/src/caosdb/utils/caosdb_admin.py b/src/caosdb/utils/caosdb_admin.py
index ee26697268bcb994f280d6b7939b80e43c2be511..b97bedf484208bf382d71ec58274ca2066a05240 100755
--- a/src/caosdb/utils/caosdb_admin.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/utils/caosdb_admin.py
@@ -323,7 +323,9 @@ USAGE
 
     subparser = subparsers.add_parser(
         "set_user_password",
-        help="Set a new password for a user. The password is not to be given on the command line for security reasons. You will be prompted for the password.")
+        help="Set a new password for a user. The user needs to be reactivated "
+        "afterwards! The password is not to be given on the command line for "
+        "security reasons. You will be prompted for the password.")
     subparser.set_defaults(call=do_set_user_password)
     subparser.add_argument(
         metavar='USERNAME',