diff --git a/releng.control/promote.sh b/releng.control/promote.sh
index ee2a9099f52a954e96da2ca8e8b75f3732689eb8..655ff432da5ef9983ed1fb2fe2f1d8dd63ff705e 100755
--- a/releng.control/promote.sh
+++ b/releng.control/promote.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 
 function usage() {
     printf "\n\tUsage: %s [-v] [-d] [-s] [-c] [-z] [-p] projectname " $(basename $0) >&2
-    printf "\n\t\t%s\n\n" "where <projectname> (for -p) is wtp-R2.0-M, wtp-R3.0-I, wtp-R3.0-N, etc." >&2	
-    printf "\n\t\t%s\n\n" "v: verbose, d: deleteOld, s: sendMail, c: doCopy, z: processArtifacts" >&2
-    printf "\n\t\t%s\n\n" "(processArtifacts can be very long running)" >&2
-    
+    printf "\n\t\t%s\n" "where <projectname> (for -p) is wtp-R2.0-M, wtp-R3.0-I, wtp-R3.0-N, etc." >&2	
+    printf "\n\t\t%s\t\t%s\n" "-v" "verbose" >&2
+    printf "\n\t\t%s\t\t%s\n" "-d" "delete old builds" >&2
+    printf "\n\t\t%s\t\t%s\n" "-s" "send notification mail" >&2
+    printf "\n\t\t%s\t\t%s\n" "-c" "copy the build from committers to downloads" >&2
+    printf "\n\t\t%s\t\t%s\n" "-z" "process artifacts (create pack200 gz jars, etc.) Remember, is long running." >&2    
 }
 
 source rsync-retry.sh