diff --git a/doc/source/cli/nova.rst b/doc/source/cli/nova.rst
index bf919d4b8..cada3d62e 100644
--- a/doc/source/cli/nova.rst
+++ b/doc/source/cli/nova.rst
@@ -2544,6 +2544,9 @@ To see the list of evacuation operations *from* a compute service host:
   * evacuation
   * live-migration
   * migration
+
+    .. note:: This is a cold migration.
+
   * resize
 
 ``--source-compute <source_compute>``
diff --git a/novaclient/v2/migrations.py b/novaclient/v2/migrations.py
index 0e94b4562..3aecd1e7e 100644
--- a/novaclient/v2/migrations.py
+++ b/novaclient/v2/migrations.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class MigrationManager(base.ManagerWithFind):
         :param status: filter migrations by status (optional).
         :param instance_uuid: filter migrations by instance uuid (optional).
         :param migration_type: Filter migrations by type. Valid values are:
-        evacuation, live-migration, migration, resize
+        evacuation, live-migration, migration (cold), resize
         :param source_compute: Filter migrations by source compute host name.
         """
         return self._list_base(host=host, status=status,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class MigrationManager(base.ManagerWithFind):
         to a certain point of time. The provided time should be an ISO 8061
         formatted time. e.g. 2016-03-04T06:27:59Z . (optional).
         :param migration_type: Filter migrations by type. Valid values are:
-        evacuation, live-migration, migration, resize
+        evacuation, live-migration, migration (cold), resize
         :param source_compute: Filter migrations by source compute host name.
         """
         return self._list_base(host=host, status=status,
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class MigrationManager(base.ManagerWithFind):
         equal to a certain point of time. The provided time should be an ISO
         8061 formatted time. e.g. 2016-03-05T06:27:59Z . (optional).
         :param migration_type: Filter migrations by type. Valid values are:
-        evacuation, live-migration, migration, resize
+        evacuation, live-migration, migration (cold), resize
         :param source_compute: Filter migrations by source compute host name.
         """
         return self._list_base(host=host, status=status,
diff --git a/novaclient/v2/shell.py b/novaclient/v2/shell.py
index 3d7ba896d..b656babaa 100644
--- a/novaclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/novaclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -5415,7 +5415,7 @@ def _print_migrations(cs, migrations):
     dest='migration_type',
     metavar='<migration_type>',
     help=_('Filter migrations by type. Valid values are: evacuation, '
-           'live-migration, migration, resize'))
+           'live-migration, migration (cold), resize'))
 @utils.arg(
     '--source-compute',
     dest='source_compute',
@@ -5451,7 +5451,7 @@ def do_migration_list(cs, args):
     dest='migration_type',
     metavar='<migration_type>',
     help=_('Filter migrations by type. Valid values are: evacuation, '
-           'live-migration, migration, resize'))
+           'live-migration, migration (cold), resize'))
 @utils.arg(
     '--source-compute',
     dest='source_compute',
@@ -5523,7 +5523,7 @@ def do_migration_list(cs, args):
     dest='migration_type',
     metavar='<migration_type>',
     help=_('Filter migrations by type. Valid values are: evacuation, '
-           'live-migration, migration, resize'))
+           'live-migration, migration (cold), resize'))
 @utils.arg(
     '--source-compute',
     dest='source_compute',