diff --git a/cmd/helm/rollback.go b/cmd/helm/rollback.go
index 764b28ad49f5770d25763bf5615ccd73d2c7e4ac..7e3e1addae18a30568c09841443ab79bbd99f3c8 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/rollback.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/rollback.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func newRollbackCmd(c helm.Interface, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	f.BoolVar(&rollback.dryRun, "dry-run", false, "simulate a rollback")
-	f.BoolVar(&rollback.recreate, "recreate", false, "performs pods restart for the resource if applicable")
+	f.BoolVar(&rollback.recreate, "recreate-pods", false, "performs pods restart for the resource if applicable")
 	f.BoolVar(&rollback.disableHooks, "no-hooks", false, "prevent hooks from running during rollback")
 
 	return cmd
diff --git a/cmd/helm/upgrade.go b/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
index f936514c659506d789dbcaa24536ecdfbfcc9e96..70ce9ea22deab26d40a34dfdb51659fecbde8f07 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/upgrade.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func newUpgradeCmd(client helm.Interface, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	f := cmd.Flags()
 	f.VarP(&upgrade.valueFiles, "values", "f", "specify values in a YAML file (can specify multiple)")
 	f.BoolVar(&upgrade.dryRun, "dry-run", false, "simulate an upgrade")
-	f.BoolVar(&upgrade.recreate, "recreate", false, "performs pods restart for the resource if applicable")
+	f.BoolVar(&upgrade.recreate, "recreate-pods", false, "performs pods restart for the resource if applicable")
 	f.StringVar(&upgrade.values, "set", "", "set values on the command line. Separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2")
 	f.BoolVar(&upgrade.disableHooks, "disable-hooks", false, "disable pre/post upgrade hooks. DEPRECATED. Use no-hooks")
 	f.BoolVar(&upgrade.disableHooks, "no-hooks", false, "disable pre/post upgrade hooks")