diff --git a/.changeset/rich-days-bow.md b/.changeset/rich-days-bow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8512a8c0f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rich-days-bow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-audit": patch
+---
+
+fixed help text for audit --ignore-registry-errors
diff --git a/lockfile/plugin-commands-audit/src/audit.ts b/lockfile/plugin-commands-audit/src/audit.ts
index 0975a12dc2..cf08afddea 100644
--- a/lockfile/plugin-commands-audit/src/audit.ts
+++ b/lockfile/plugin-commands-audit/src/audit.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export function help (): string {
             name: '--no-optional',
           },
           {
-            description: 'Use exit code 0 if the registry responds with an error. Useful when audit checks are used in CI. A build should fail because the registry has issues.',
+            description: 'Use exit code 0 if the registry responds with an error. Useful when audit checks are used in CI. A build should not fail because the registry has issues.',
             name: '--ignore-registry-errors',
           },
           {