diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/76108-fix-ansible-galaxy-collection-verify-help.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/76108-fix-ansible-galaxy-collection-verify-help.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75b8f0925f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/76108-fix-ansible-galaxy-collection-verify-help.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Fix help message for the 'ansible-galaxy collection verify' positional argument.
+    The positional argument must be a collection name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76087).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
index b9b5eca9976..da5ac7f2aa0 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ class GalaxyCLI(CLI):
                                           'found on the server and the installed copy. This does not verify dependencies.')
         verify_parser.set_defaults(func=self.execute_verify)
 
-        verify_parser.add_argument('args', metavar='{0}_name'.format(galaxy_type), nargs='*', help='The collection(s) name or '
-                                   'path/url to a tar.gz collection artifact. This is mutually exclusive with --requirements-file.')
+        verify_parser.add_argument('args', metavar='{0}_name'.format(galaxy_type), nargs='*', help='The installed collection(s) name. '
+                                   'This is mutually exclusive with --requirements-file.')
         verify_parser.add_argument('-i', '--ignore-errors', dest='ignore_errors', action='store_true', default=False,
                                    help='Ignore errors during verification and continue with the next specified collection.')
         verify_parser.add_argument('--offline', dest='offline', action='store_true', default=False,