diff --git a/docs/cli-reference.rst b/docs/cli-reference.rst
index 6e09886..adbb1d1 100644
--- a/docs/cli-reference.rst
+++ b/docs/cli-reference.rst
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ See :ref:`cli_query`.
       -r, --raw                   Raw output, first column of first row
       --raw-lines                 Raw output, first column of each row
       -p, --param <TEXT TEXT>...  Named :parameters for SQL query
-      --functions TEXT            Python code block or file path defining custom SQL
-                                  functions, can be used multiple times
+      --functions TEXT            Python code or file path defining custom SQL
+                                  functions
       --load-extension TEXT       Path to SQLite extension, with optional
                                   :entrypoint
       -h, --help                  Show this message and exit.
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ See :ref:`cli_memory`.
           sqlite-utils memory animals.csv --schema
 
     Options:
-      --functions TEXT            Python code block or file path defining custom SQL
-                                  functions, can be used multiple times
+      --functions TEXT            Python code or file path defining custom SQL
+                                  functions
       --attach <TEXT FILE>...     Additional databases to attach - specify alias and
                                   filepath
       --flatten                   Flatten nested JSON objects, so {"foo": {"bar":
@@ -374,8 +374,7 @@ See :ref:`cli_bulk`.
 
     Options:
       --batch-size INTEGER   Commit every X records
-      --functions TEXT       Python code block or file path defining custom SQL
-                             functions, can be used multiple times
+      --functions TEXT       Python code or file path defining custom SQL functions
       --flatten              Flatten nested JSON objects, so {"a": {"b": 1}} becomes
                              {"a_b": 1}
       --nl                   Expect newline-delimited JSON
diff --git a/sqlite_utils/cli.py b/sqlite_utils/cli.py
index 5372fdc..66e5e27 100644
--- a/sqlite_utils/cli.py
+++ b/sqlite_utils/cli.py
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ def upsert(
 @click.option("--batch-size", type=int, default=100, help="Commit every X records")
 @click.option(
     "--functions",
-    help="Python code block or file path defining custom SQL functions, can be used multiple times",
+    help="Python code or file path defining custom SQL functions",
     multiple=True,
 )
 @import_options
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ def drop_view(path, view, ignore, load_extension):
 )
 @click.option(
     "--functions",
-    help="Python code block or file path defining custom SQL functions, can be used multiple times",
+    help="Python code or file path defining custom SQL functions",
     multiple=True,
 )
 @load_extension_option
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ def query(
 @click.argument("sql")
 @click.option(
     "--functions",
-    help="Python code block or file path defining custom SQL functions, can be used multiple times",
+    help="Python code or file path defining custom SQL functions",
     multiple=True,
 )
 @click.option(