diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
index d5edbbf55a75e9d4a3de674078c584a6a49bb3bf_bWVyY3VyaWFsL2NvbW1hbmRzLnB5..27f56b73522c887f8b5242918427c5b9692fc175_bWVyY3VyaWFsL2NvbW1hbmRzLnB5 100644
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
     ('r', 'rev', '', _('revision'), _('REV')),
     ('d', 'delete', False, _('delete a given bookmark')),
     ('m', 'rename', '', _('rename a given bookmark'), _('NAME')),
-    ('i', 'inactive', False, _('do not mark a new bookmark active'))],
+    ('i', 'inactive', False, _('mark a bookmark active'))],
     _('hg bookmarks [-f] [-d] [-i] [-m NAME] [-r REV] [NAME]'))
 def bookmark(ui, repo, mark=None, rev=None, force=False, delete=False,
              rename=None, inactive=False):