diff --git a/src/test/cli/rbd/help.t b/src/test/cli/rbd/help.t
index 984175a97b911..5f30425835876 100644
--- a/src/test/cli/rbd/help.t
+++ b/src/test/cli/rbd/help.t
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@
                              [--group-namespace <group-namespace>] 
                              [--group <group>] [--image-pool <image-pool>] 
                              [--image-namespace <image-namespace>] 
-                             [--image <image>] [--pool <pool>] 
+                             [--image <image>] 
                              <group-spec> <image-spec> 
   
   Add an image to a group.
@@ -934,7 +934,6 @@
     --image-pool arg      image pool name
     --image-namespace arg image namespace name
     --image arg           image name
-    -p [ --pool ] arg     pool name unless overridden
   
   rbd help group image list
   usage: rbd group image list [--format <format>] [--pretty-format] 
@@ -960,8 +959,7 @@
                                 [--group-namespace <group-namespace>] 
                                 [--group <group>] [--image-pool <image-pool>] 
                                 [--image-namespace <image-namespace>] 
-                                [--image <image>] [--pool <pool>] 
-                                [--image-id <image-id>] 
+                                [--image <image>] [--image-id <image-id>] 
                                 <group-spec> <image-spec> 
   
   Remove an image from a group.
@@ -979,7 +977,6 @@
     --image-pool arg      image pool name
     --image-namespace arg image namespace name
     --image arg           image name
-    -p [ --pool ] arg     pool name unless overridden
     --image-id arg        image id
   
   rbd help group info
diff --git a/src/tools/rbd/action/Group.cc b/src/tools/rbd/action/Group.cc
index 68c74fa945ccb..100bdc194968d 100644
--- a/src/tools/rbd/action/Group.cc
+++ b/src/tools/rbd/action/Group.cc
@@ -964,9 +964,6 @@ void get_add_arguments(po::options_description *positional,
   add_prefixed_pool_option(options, "image");
   add_prefixed_namespace_option(options, "image");
   at::add_image_option(options, at::ARGUMENT_MODIFIER_NONE);
-
-  at::add_pool_option(options, at::ARGUMENT_MODIFIER_NONE,
-	       " unless overridden");
 }
 
 void get_remove_image_arguments(po::options_description *positional,
@@ -989,8 +986,6 @@ void get_remove_image_arguments(po::options_description *positional,
   add_prefixed_namespace_option(options, "image");
   at::add_image_option(options, at::ARGUMENT_MODIFIER_NONE);
 
-  at::add_pool_option(options, at::ARGUMENT_MODIFIER_NONE,
-	       " unless overridden");
   at::add_image_id_option(options);
 }