diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
index 7ddc5b96bfc..867a395d627 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_cli.py
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ class ProxyInitializationHelpers:
 @click.option(
     "--num_workers",
     default=DEFAULT_NUM_WORKERS_LITELLM_PROXY,
-    help="Number of uvicorn / gunicorn workers to spin up. By default, 4 uvicorn workers are used.",
+    help="Number of uvicorn / gunicorn workers to spin up. By default, it equals the number of logical CPUs in the system, or 4 workers if that cannot be determined.",
     envvar="NUM_WORKERS",
 )
 @click.option("--api_base", default=None, help="API base URL.")