diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index def721859..ae857c5b7 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ def cmdLineParser():
 
         miscellaneous.add_option("--parse-errors", dest="parseErrors",
                                   action="store_true", default=False,
-                                  help="Try to parse and report error messages")
+                                  help="Parse DBMS error messages from response pages")
 
         miscellaneous.add_option("--replicate", dest="replicate",
                                   action="store_true", default=False,
diff --git a/sqlmap.conf b/sqlmap.conf
index bb5246eb4..3a3f7ea47 100644
--- a/sqlmap.conf
+++ b/sqlmap.conf
@@ -553,6 +553,10 @@ forms = False
 # Default: 1
 googlePage = 1
 
+# Parse DBMS error messages from response pages
+# Valid: True or False
+parseErrors = False
+
 # Replicate dumped data into a sqlite3 database.
 # Valid: True or False
 replicate = False