diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index ec6220b9b..5cf54dece 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ var (
 type Config struct {
 	ShowVersion bool `short:"V" long:"version" description:"Display version information and exit"`
 
-	LndDir       string `long:"lnddir" description:"The base directory that contains lnd's data, logs, configuration file, etc."`
+	LndDir       string `long:"lnddir" description:"The base directory that contains lnd's data, logs, configuration file, etc. This option overwrites all other directory options."`
 	ConfigFile   string `short:"C" long:"configfile" description:"Path to configuration file"`
 	DataDir      string `short:"b" long:"datadir" description:"The directory to store lnd's data within"`
 	SyncFreelist bool   `long:"sync-freelist" description:"Whether the databases used within lnd should sync their freelist to disk. This is disabled by default resulting in improved memory performance during operation, but with an increase in startup time."`