diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc b/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc
index 5ba13ace..b7b6d044 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/makepkg.8.asciidoc
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ Options
 	Display version information.
 
 *-C, \--cleanbuild*::
-	Remove the $srcdir before building the package.
+	Clean build artifacts from previous runs of makepkg in the current
+	directory by removing $srcdir before building the package.
 
 *-D* <dir>, *\--dir* <dir> ::
 	Change to directory <dir> before reading the PKGBUILD or doing anything else.