diff --git a/framework/cli/commands/MessageCommand.php b/framework/cli/commands/MessageCommand.php
index 32a1a0f53..f4b8e032f 100644
--- a/framework/cli/commands/MessageCommand.php
+++ b/framework/cli/commands/MessageCommand.php
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ PARAMETERS
      an exclusion of '.svn' will exclude all files and directories whose
      name is '.svn'. And an exclusion of '/a/b' will exclude file or
      directory 'sourcePath/a/b'.
-   - translator: array or string, the name of the function for translating
-     messages. Defaults to 'Yii::t'. This is used as a mark to find messages
-     to be translated.
+   - translator: the name of the function for translating messages. 
+     Defaults to 'Yii::t'. This is used as a mark to find messages to be 
+     translated. Accepts both string for single function name or array for 
+     multiple function names.
    - overwrite: if message file must be overwritten with the merged messages.
    - removeOld: if message no longer needs translation it will be removed,
      instead of being enclosed between a pair of '@@' marks.