diff --git a/cylc/flow/scripts/pause.py b/cylc/flow/scripts/pause.py
index ee969251bb..ad439d5448 100644
--- a/cylc/flow/scripts/pause.py
+++ b/cylc/flow/scripts/pause.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 
 Pause a workflow.
 
-This suspends submission of all tasks until the workflow is resumed, except
-for tasks manually triggered "now" with `cylc trigger --now`.
+This suspends all automatic job submission until the workflow is resumed.
+Manually triggered tasks will still run.
 
 Examples:
   # pause my_workflow