diff --git a/doc/03-cli.md b/doc/03-cli.md
index 93d30b2cc..b5f787db0 100644
--- a/doc/03-cli.md
+++ b/doc/03-cli.md
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ symfony/monolog-bridge requires monolog/monolog (>=1.2)
 symfony/symfony requires monolog/monolog (~1)
 ```
 
-If you want, for example, find any package that is **not** ready
-for Symfony 3 or one of its components, you can run the following command:
+If you want, for example, find any installed package that is **not** allowing
+Symfony version 3 or one of its components, you can run the following command:
 
 ```sh
 php composer.phar depends symfony/symfony --with-replaces -im ^3.0
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/DependsCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/DependsCommand.php
index d38c3d9db..a58e7c5be 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/DependsCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/DependsCommand.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class DependsCommand extends Command
                 new InputArgument('package', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'Package to inspect'),
                 new InputOption('link-type', '', InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED | InputOption::VALUE_IS_ARRAY, 'Link types to show (require, require-dev)', array_keys($this->linkTypes)),
                 new InputOption('match-constraint', 'm', InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Filters the dependencies shown using this constraint', '*'),
-                new InputOption('invert-match-constraint', 'i', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Turns --match-constraint around into a blacklist insteead of whitelist'),
+                new InputOption('invert-match-constraint', 'i', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Turns --match-constraint around into a blacklist instead of whitelist'),
                 new InputOption('with-replaces', '', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Search for replaced packages as well'),
             ))
             ->setHelp(<<<EOT