diff --git a/cmd/helm/reset.go b/cmd/helm/reset.go
index 707c3d0be47ac9fe0a09d784199d6baf4a7cc568..623776729b9dfe46f636703ca83eb6cb38d9305f 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/reset.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/reset.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func newResetCmd(client helm.Interface, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	f := cmd.Flags()
-	f.BoolVarP(&d.force, "force", "f", false, "forces Tiller uninstall even if there are releases installed, or if Tiller is not in ready state")
+	f.BoolVarP(&d.force, "force", "f", false, "forces Tiller uninstall even if there are releases installed, or if Tiller is not in ready state. Releases are not deleted.)")
 	f.BoolVar(&d.removeHelmHome, "remove-helm-home", false, "if set deletes $HELM_HOME")
 
 	return cmd
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (d *resetCmd) run() error {
 	}
 
 	if !d.force && res != nil && len(res.Releases) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("there are still %d deployed releases (Tip: use --force)", len(res.Releases))
+		return fmt.Errorf("there are still %d deployed releases (Tip: use --force to remove Tiller. Releases will not be deleted.)", len(res.Releases))
 	}
 
 	if err := installer.Uninstall(d.kubeClient, &installer.Options{Namespace: d.namespace}); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/helm/reset_test.go b/cmd/helm/reset_test.go
index a68f2954591ca3633e9d4b8658908d6435e5f458..458736a63e8664c5bff0abd222f7af901fb52965 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/reset_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/reset_test.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestReset_deployedReleases(t *testing.T) {
 		namespace:  core.NamespaceDefault,
 	}
 	err = cmd.run()
-	expected := "there are still 1 deployed releases (Tip: use --force)"
+	expected := "there are still 1 deployed releases (Tip: use --force to remove Tiller. Releases will not be deleted.)"
 	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), expected) {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/docs/helm/helm_reset.md b/docs/helm/helm_reset.md
index 74a787bdced4f9a5a95efe6f16668c07b9e80c39..f6707b8bdb7d8a8f43b0a6855fdc951b535649cf 100644
--- a/docs/helm/helm_reset.md
+++ b/docs/helm/helm_reset.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ helm reset
 ### Options
 
 ```
-  -f, --force                forces Tiller uninstall even if there are releases installed, or if Tiller is not in ready state
+  -f, --force                forces Tiller uninstall even if there are releases installed, or if Tiller is not in ready state. Releases are not deleted.)
       --remove-helm-home     if set deletes $HELM_HOME
       --tls                  enable TLS for request
       --tls-ca-cert string   path to TLS CA certificate file (default "$HELM_HOME/ca.pem")
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ helm reset
 ### SEE ALSO
 * [helm](helm.md)	 - The Helm package manager for Kubernetes.
 
-###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 25-Jan-2018
+###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 8-Feb-2018