diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold_controller/scaffold_controller_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold_controller/scaffold_controller_generator.rb
index cd0f9c7eef..d0b8cad896 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold_controller/scaffold_controller_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/scaffold_controller/scaffold_controller_generator.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Rails
       class_option :orm, banner: "NAME", type: :string, required: true,
                          desc: "ORM to generate the controller for"
       class_option :api, type: :boolean,
-                         desc: "Preconfigure smaller stack for API only apps"
+                         desc: "Generates API controller"
 
       argument :attributes, type: :array, default: [], banner: "field:type field:type"
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/test_unit/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/test_unit/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb
index 31be3180e8..d634584beb 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/test_unit/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/test_unit/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module TestUnit # :nodoc:
       check_class_collision suffix: "ControllerTest"
 
       class_option :api, type: :boolean,
-                         desc: "Preconfigure smaller stack for API only apps"
+                         desc: "Generates API functional tests"
 
       argument :attributes, type: :array, default: [], banner: "field:type field:type"