diff --git a/addons/web/views/neutralize_views.xml b/addons/web/views/neutralize_views.xml
index aa7f6b20365..333b00688a6 100644
--- a/addons/web/views/neutralize_views.xml
+++ b/addons/web/views/neutralize_views.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                         display: block;
                         font-size: 16px;
                         {{ neutralize_banner_style or '' }}">
-                    <t t-out="neutralize_banner_text">This database is neutralized.</t>
+                    <t t-out="neutralize_banner_text">Database neutralized for testing: no emails sent, etc.</t>
                 </span>
             </div>
         </xpath>
diff --git a/odoo/cli/neutralize.py b/odoo/cli/neutralize.py
index 283dd5a20b6..78c2e0e3f28 100644
--- a/odoo/cli/neutralize.py
+++ b/odoo/cli/neutralize.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class Neutralize(Command):
-    """neutralize a database"""
+    """Neutralize a production database for testing: no emails sent, etc."""
 
     def run(self, args):
         parser = odoo.tools.config.parser