diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b54d902..90ce140 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Cert Spotter requires Go version 1.19 or higher.
 
 4. Configure your system to run `certspotter` as a daemon.  You may want to specify
    the `-start_at_end` command line option to tell certspotter to start monitoring
-   logs at the end instead of the beginning.  This saves significant bandwidth, but
+   new logs at the end instead of the beginning.  This saves significant bandwidth, but
    you won't be notified about certificates which were logged before you started
    using certspotter.
 
diff --git a/cmd/certspotter/main.go b/cmd/certspotter/main.go
index 7779457..8d5e1c8 100644
--- a/cmd/certspotter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/certspotter/main.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.StringVar(&flags.logs, "logs", defaultLogList, "File path or URL of JSON list of logs to monitor")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flags.noSave, "no_save", false, "Do not save a copy of matching certificates in state directory")
 	flag.StringVar(&flags.script, "script", "", "Program to execute when a matching certificate is discovered")
-	flag.BoolVar(&flags.startAtEnd, "start_at_end", false, "Start monitoring logs from the end rather than the beginning (saves considerable bandwidth)")
+	flag.BoolVar(&flags.startAtEnd, "start_at_end", false, "Start monitoring new logs from the end rather than the beginning (saves considerable bandwidth)")
 	flag.StringVar(&flags.stateDir, "state_dir", defaultStateDir(), "Directory for storing log position and discovered certificates")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flags.stdout, "stdout", false, "Write matching certificates to stdout")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flags.verbose, "verbose", false, "Be verbose")