diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/clone.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/clone.py
index 0f0f020599..7aa5469bd3 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/clone.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/management/commands/clone.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         if len(args) != 2:
-            raise CommandError("clone requires either two or six arguments: <source-location> <dest-location>")
+            raise CommandError("clone requires either two arguments: <source-location> <dest-location>")
 
         source_location_str = args[0]
         dest_location_str = args[1]