diff --git a/consul/base.py b/consul/base.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/consul/base.py
+++ b/consul/base.py
@@ -233,9 +233,8 @@ class Consul(object):
             *token* is an optional `ACL token`_ to apply to this request.
 
             *keys* is a boolean which, if True, says to return a flat list of
-            keys without values or other metadata.
-
-            *separator* is used to list only up to a given separator character.
+            keys without values or other metadata. *separator* can be used
+            with *keys* to list keys only up to a given separator character.
 
             *dc* is the optional datacenter that you wish to communicate with.
             If None is provided, defaults to the agent's datacenter.
update docstring to make it clear seperator is used with the keys argument