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diff --git a/g10/helptext.c b/g10/helptext.c
index 5fb800784..df7d4ad4f 100644
--- a/g10/helptext.c
+++ b/g10/helptext.c
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ static struct helptexts { const char *key; const char *help; } helptexts[] = {
{ N_("keygen.valid"),
- "Enter the required value"
+ "Enter the required value as shown in the pronpt.\n"
+ "It is possible to enter a ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) but you won't\n"
+ "get a good error response - instead the system tries to interpret\n"
+ "the given value as an interval."
},
{ N_("keygen.valid.okay"),