diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go
index 17f371a52..16da4b556 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_forget.go
@@ -27,7 +27,13 @@ type CmdForget struct {
 func init() {
 	_, err := parser.AddCommand("forget",
 		"removes snapshots from a repository",
-		"The forget command removes snapshots according to a policy.",
+		`
+The forget command removes snapshots according to a policy. Please note
+that this command really only deletes the snapshot object in the repo, which
+is a reference to data stored there. In order to remove this (now
+unreferenced) data after 'forget' was run successfully, see the 'prune'
+command.
+`,
 		&CmdForget{global: &globalOpts})
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_prune.go b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_prune.go
index 7ee1117c0..b7a2653a7 100644
--- a/src/cmds/restic/cmd_prune.go
+++ b/src/cmds/restic/cmd_prune.go
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ type CmdPrune struct {
 func init() {
 	_, err := parser.AddCommand("prune",
 		"removes content from a repository",
-		"The prune command removes rendundant and unneeded data from the repository",
+		`
+The prune command removes rendundant and unneeded data from the repository.
+For removing snapshots, please see the 'forget' command, then afterwards run
+'prune'.
+`,
 		&CmdPrune{global: &globalOpts})
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)