diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/ENHANCEMENTS-20231117-151029.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/ENHANCEMENTS-20231117-151029.yaml
index c5744540..4ebbfee0 100644
--- a/.changes/unreleased/ENHANCEMENTS-20231117-151029.yaml
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/ENHANCEMENTS-20231117-151029.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 kind: ENHANCEMENTS
-body: 'generate: Add `provider-schema` flag to pass in a file path to a provider schemas
-  file, allowing the command to skip schema generation'
+body: 'generate: Add `provider-schema` flag to pass in a file path to a provider schema JSON
+  file, allowing the command to skip building the provider and calling Terraform CLI'
 time: 2023-11-17T15:10:29.850914-05:00
 custom:
   Issue: "299"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef1d2f86..bf82fb63 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Usage: tfplugindocs generate [<args>]
     --ignore-deprecated <ARG>        don't generate documentation for deprecated resources and data-sources                                                             (default: "false")
     --provider-dir <ARG>             relative or absolute path to the root provider code directory when running the command outside the root provider code directory  
     --provider-name <ARG>            provider name, as used in Terraform configurations                                                                               
-    --providers-schema <ARG>         path to the providers schema JSON file, which contains the output of the terraform providers schema -json command. Setting this flag will skip schema generation via Terraform                                                                               
+    --providers-schema <ARG>         path to the providers schema JSON file, which contains the output of the terraform providers schema -json command. Setting this flag will skip building the provider and calling Terraform CLI                                                                               
     --rendered-provider-name <ARG>   provider name, as generated in documentation (ex. page titles, ...)                                                              
     --rendered-website-dir <ARG>     output directory based on provider-dir                                                                                             (default: "docs")
     --tf-version <ARG>               terraform binary version to download                                                                                             
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ There are two types of acceptance tests: full provider build tests in `tfplugind
 
 Provider build tests run the default `tfplugindocs` command which builds the provider source code and runs Terraform to retrieve the schema. These tests require the full provider source code to build a valid provider binary. 
 
-Schema json tests run the `tfplugindocs` command with the `--providers-schema=<arg>` flag to specify a provider schemas json file. This allows the test to skip the provider build and Terraform run and use the specified file to generate docs. 
+Schema json tests run the `tfplugindocs` command with the `--providers-schema=<arg>` flag to specify a provider schemas json file. This allows the test to skip the provider build and Terraform CLI call, instead using the specified file to generate docs. 
 
 You can run `make testacc` to run the full suite of acceptance tests. By default, the provider build acceptance tests will create a temporary directory in `/tmp/tftmp` for testing, but you can change this location in `cmd/tfplugindocs/main_test.go`. The schema json tests uses the `testscript` package's [default work directory](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal/testscript#Params.WorkdirRoot).
 
diff --git a/internal/cmd/generate.go b/internal/cmd/generate.go
index 58dc56c7..a62907a1 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/generate.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/generate.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (cmd *generateCmd) Flags() *flag.FlagSet {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("generate", flag.ExitOnError)
 	fs.StringVar(&cmd.flagProviderName, "provider-name", "", "provider name, as used in Terraform configurations")
 	fs.StringVar(&cmd.flagProviderDir, "provider-dir", "", "relative or absolute path to the root provider code directory when running the command outside the root provider code directory")
-	fs.StringVar(&cmd.flagProvidersSchema, "providers-schema", "", "path to the providers schema JSON file, which contains the output of the terraform providers schema -json command. Setting this flag will skip schema generation via Terraform")
+	fs.StringVar(&cmd.flagProvidersSchema, "providers-schema", "", "path to the providers schema JSON file, which contains the output of the terraform providers schema -json command. Setting this flag will skip building the provider and calling Terraform CLI")
 	fs.StringVar(&cmd.flagRenderedProviderName, "rendered-provider-name", "", "provider name, as generated in documentation (ex. page titles, ...)")
 	fs.StringVar(&cmd.flagRenderedWebsiteDir, "rendered-website-dir", "docs", "output directory based on provider-dir")
 	fs.StringVar(&cmd.flagExamplesDir, "examples-dir", "examples", "examples directory based on provider-dir")