diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/etcd_snapshot.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/etcd_snapshot.go
index 378b394f0a83..fd2ae7586936 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/etcd_snapshot.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/etcd_snapshot.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var EtcdSnapshotFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	},
 	&cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:        "dir,etcd-snapshot-dir",
-		Usage:       "(db) Directory to save etcd on-demand snapshot. (default: ${data-dir}/db/snapshots)",
+		Usage:       "(db) Directory to save etcd on-demand snapshot. (default: ${data-dir}/server/db/snapshots)",
 		Destination: &ServerConfig.EtcdSnapshotDir,
 	},
 	&cli.StringFlag{
diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
index 885276f85392..5ad71386e432 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/server.go
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ var ServerFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	},
 	&cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:        "etcd-snapshot-dir",
-		Usage:       "(db) Directory to save db snapshots. (default: ${data-dir}/db/snapshots)",
+		Usage:       "(db) Directory to save db snapshots. (default: ${data-dir}/server/db/snapshots)",
 		Destination: &ServerConfig.EtcdSnapshotDir,
 	},
 	&cli.BoolFlag{