diff --git a/command/node_status.go b/command/node_status.go
index 1a108c765..67509757a 100644
--- a/command/node_status.go
+++ b/command/node_status.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type NodeStatusCommand struct {
 
 func (c *NodeStatusCommand) Help() string {
 	helpText := `
-Usage: nomad node-status [options] [node]
+Usage: nomad node-status [options] <node>
 
   Display status information about a given node. The list of nodes
   returned includes only nodes which jobs may be scheduled to, and
diff --git a/command/status.go b/command/status.go
index 6f9c47111..d5d127d35 100644
--- a/command/status.go
+++ b/command/status.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type StatusCommand struct {
 
 func (c *StatusCommand) Help() string {
 	helpText := `
-Usage: nomad status [options] [job]
+Usage: nomad status [options] <job>
 
   Display status information about jobs. If no job ID is given,
   a list of all known jobs will be dumped.