diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2682a0f492..b1021ec4ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Options:
   --client-progress                         Prints compilation progress in percentage in the browser.
   --no-client-progress                      Does not print compilation progress in percentage in the browser.
   --client-reconnect [value]                Tells dev-server the number of times it should try to reconnect the client.
-  --no-client-reconnect                     Tells dev-server to not to try to connect the client.
+  --no-client-reconnect                     Tells dev-server to not to try to reconnect the client.
   --client-web-socket-transport <value>     Allows to set custom web socket transport to communicate with dev server.
   --client-web-socket-url <value>           Allows to specify URL to web socket server (useful when you're proxying dev server and client script does not always know where to connect to).
   --client-web-socket-url-hostname <value>  Tells clients connected to devServer to use the provided hostname.
diff --git a/bin/cli-flags.js b/bin/cli-flags.js
index 8f5695e416..c9fa6b7815 100644
--- a/bin/cli-flags.js
+++ b/bin/cli-flags.js
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ module.exports = {
         description:
           "Tells dev-server the number of times it should try to reconnect the client.",
         negatedDescription:
-          "Tells dev-server to not to try to connect the client.",
+          "Tells dev-server to not to try to reconnect the client.",
         path: "client.reconnect",
       },
       {
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ module.exports = {
         description:
           "Tells dev-server the number of times it should try to reconnect the client.",
         negatedDescription:
-          "Tells dev-server to not to try to connect the client.",
+          "Tells dev-server to not to try to reconnect the client.",
         path: "client.reconnect",
       },
     ],
diff --git a/lib/options.json b/lib/options.json
index 9e4c845c51..bd7a5a2f90 100644
--- a/lib/options.json
+++ b/lib/options.json
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
         }
       ],
       "cli": {
-        "negatedDescription": "Tells dev-server to not to try to connect the client."
+        "negatedDescription": "Tells dev-server to not to try to reconnect the client."
       }
     },
     "ClientWebSocketTransport": {
diff --git a/test/cli/__snapshots__/basic.test.js.snap.webpack4 b/test/cli/__snapshots__/basic.test.js.snap.webpack4
index 3ff6fc34af..7ca7efdea9 100644
--- a/test/cli/__snapshots__/basic.test.js.snap.webpack4
+++ b/test/cli/__snapshots__/basic.test.js.snap.webpack4
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Options:
   --client-progress                         Prints compilation progress in percentage in the browser.
   --no-client-progress                      Does not print compilation progress in percentage in the browser.
   --client-reconnect [value]                Tells dev-server the number of times it should try to reconnect the client.
-  --no-client-reconnect                     Tells dev-server to not to try to connect the client.
+  --no-client-reconnect                     Tells dev-server to not to try to reconnect the client.
   --client-web-socket-transport <value>     Allows to set custom web socket transport to communicate with dev server.
   --client-web-socket-url <value>           Allows to specify URL to web socket server (useful when you're proxying dev server and client script does not always know where to connect to).
   --client-web-socket-url-hostname <value>  Tells clients connected to devServer to use the provided hostname.
diff --git a/test/cli/__snapshots__/basic.test.js.snap.webpack5 b/test/cli/__snapshots__/basic.test.js.snap.webpack5
index de98c270c8..8a2f41912a 100644
--- a/test/cli/__snapshots__/basic.test.js.snap.webpack5
+++ b/test/cli/__snapshots__/basic.test.js.snap.webpack5
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Options:
   --client-progress                         Prints compilation progress in percentage in the browser.
   --no-client-progress                      Does not print compilation progress in percentage in the browser.
   --client-reconnect [value]                Tells dev-server the number of times it should try to reconnect the client.
-  --no-client-reconnect                     Tells dev-server to not to try to connect the client.
+  --no-client-reconnect                     Tells dev-server to not to try to reconnect the client.
   --client-web-socket-transport <value>     Allows to set custom web socket transport to communicate with dev server.
   --client-web-socket-url <value>           Allows to specify URL to web socket server (useful when you're proxying dev server and client script does not always know where to connect to).
   --client-web-socket-url-hostname <value>  Tells clients connected to devServer to use the provided hostname.