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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Launch a new pod in the Kubernetes cluster.
 * `-ns/--namespace`: Kubernetes namespace
 * `-i/--image`: Container image (required), for example `quay.io/jupyter/pytorch-notebook:cuda12-latest`
 * `-k/--kubeconfig`: Path to the kubeconfig (default is `.kube/config`)
-* `-pp/--pod-prefix`: Job and pod name prefix (a Kubernetes id is appended, default is '')
+* `-pp/--pod-prefix`: Job and pod name prefix (a unique id is appended, default is '')
 * `-g/--gpus`: Number of GPUs (default is 1)
 * `-gp/--gpu-product`: GPU selector, currently available:
   * `NVIDIA-A100-SXM4-40GB-MIG-1g.5gb` (default)