diff --git a/kubectl-fdb/cmd/k8s_client.go b/kubectl-fdb/cmd/k8s_client.go
index ff6f59225..5ac96c884 100644
--- a/kubectl-fdb/cmd/k8s_client.go
+++ b/kubectl-fdb/cmd/k8s_client.go
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ func getProcessGroupIDsFromPodName(cluster *fdbv1beta2.FoundationDBCluster, podN
 
 // getProcessGroupIdsWithClass returns a list of ProcessGroupIDs in the given cluster which are of the given processClass
 func getProcessGroupIdsWithClass(cluster *fdbv1beta2.FoundationDBCluster, processClass string) []fdbv1beta2.ProcessGroupID {
-	var matchingProcessGroupIDs []fdbv1beta2.ProcessGroupID
+	matchingProcessGroupIDs := []fdbv1beta2.ProcessGroupID{}
 	for _, processGroup := range cluster.Status.ProcessGroups {
 		if processGroup.ProcessClass != fdbv1beta2.ProcessClass(processClass) {
 			continue
diff --git a/kubectl-fdb/cmd/remove_process_group.go b/kubectl-fdb/cmd/remove_process_group.go
index 25467702f..fdae780b1 100644
--- a/kubectl-fdb/cmd/remove_process_group.go
+++ b/kubectl-fdb/cmd/remove_process_group.go
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ func newRemoveProcessGroupCmd(streams genericclioptions.IOStreams) *cobra.Comman
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "process-groups",
-		Short: "Adds a process group (or multiple) to the remove list of the given cluster",
-		Long:  "Adds a process group (or multiple) to the remove list field of the given cluster",
+		Short: "Adds a process group (or multiple) to the remove list of the given cluster, or matching given pod names",
+		Long:  "Adds a process group (or multiple) to the remove list field of the given cluster, or matching given pod names",
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			wait, err := cmd.Root().Flags().GetBool("wait")
 			if err != nil {