diff --git a/hgext/gpg.py b/hgext/gpg.py
--- a/hgext/gpg.py
+++ b/hgext/gpg.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def keystr(ui, key):
           ('k', 'key', '',
            _('the key id to sign with'), _('ID')),
           ('m', 'message', '',
-           _('commit message'), _('TEXT')),
+           _('use text as commit message'), _('TEXT')),
           ('e', 'edit', False, _('invoke editor on commit messages')),
          ] + commands.commitopts2,
          _('hg sign [OPTION]... [REV]...'))
diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -5696,7 +5696,7 @@ def summary(ui, repo, **opts):
     ('', 'remove', None, _('remove a tag')),
     # -l/--local is already there, commitopts cannot be used
     ('e', 'edit', None, _('edit commit message')),
-    ('m', 'message', '', _('use <text> as commit message'), _('TEXT')),
+    ('m', 'message', '', _('use text as commit message'), _('TEXT')),
     ] + commitopts2,
     _('[-f] [-l] [-m TEXT] [-d DATE] [-u USER] [-r REV] NAME...'))
 def tag(ui, repo, name1, *names, **opts):