diff --git a/logcat/logcat.cpp b/logcat/logcat.cpp
index 37f4f4f27..ca7893069 100644
--- a/logcat/logcat.cpp
+++ b/logcat/logcat.cpp
@@ -278,61 +278,58 @@ static void show_help(const char *cmd)
     fprintf(stderr,"Usage: %s [options] [filterspecs]\n", cmd);
 
     fprintf(stderr, "options include:\n"
-                    "  -s              Set default filter to silent.\n"
-                    "                  Like specifying filterspec '*:S'\n"
-                    "  -f <filename>   Log to file. Default is stdout\n"
-                    "  --file=<filename>\n"
-                    "  -r <kbytes>     Rotate log every kbytes. Requires -f\n"
-                    "  --rotate-kbytes=<kbytes>\n"
-                    "  -n <count>      Sets max number of rotated logs to <count>, default 4\n"
-                    "  --rotate-count=<count>\n"
-                    "  -v <format>     Sets the log print format, where <format> is:\n"
-                    "  --format=<format>\n"
-                    "                      brief color epoch long monotonic printable process raw\n"
-                    "                      tag thread threadtime time uid usec UTC year zone\n\n"
-                    "  -D              print dividers between each log buffer\n"
-                    "  --dividers\n"
-                    "  -c              clear (flush) the entire log and exit\n"
-                    "  --clear\n"
-                    "  -d              dump the log and then exit (don't block)\n"
-                    "  -e <expr>       only print lines where the log message matches <expr>\n"
-                    "  --regex <expr>  where <expr> is a regular expression\n"
-                    "  -m <count>      quit after printing <count> lines. This is meant to be\n"
-                    "  --max-count=<count> paired with --regex, but will work on its own.\n"
-                    "  --print         paired with --regex and --max-count to let content bypass\n"
+                    "  -s              Set default filter to silent. Equivalent to filterspec '*:S'\n"
+                    "  -f <file>, --file=<file>               Log to file. Default is stdout\n"
+                    "  -r <kbytes>, --rotate-kbytes=<kbytes>\n"
+                    "                  Rotate log every kbytes. Requires -f option\n"
+                    "  -n <count>, --rotate-count=<count>\n"
+                    "                  Sets max number of rotated logs to <count>, default 4\n"
+                    "  -v <format>, --format=<format>\n"
+                    "                  Sets the log print format, where <format> is:\n"
+                    "                    brief color epoch long monotonic printable process raw\n"
+                    "                    tag thread threadtime time uid usec UTC year zone\n"
+                    "  -D, --dividers  Print dividers between each log buffer\n"
+                    "  -c, --clear     Clear (flush) the entire log and exit\n"
+                    "  -d              Dump the log and then exit (don't block)\n"
+                    "  -e <expr>, --regex=<expr>\n"
+                    "                  Only print lines where the log message matches <expr>\n"
+                    "                  where <expr> is a regular expression\n"
+                    // Leave --head undocumented as alias for -m
+                    "  -m <count>, --max-count=<count>\n"
+                    "                  Quit after printing <count> lines. This is meant to be\n"
+                    "                  paired with --regex, but will work on its own.\n"
+                    "  --print         Paired with --regex and --max-count to let content bypass\n"
                     "                  regex filter but still stop at number of matches.\n"
-                    "  -t <count>      print only the most recent <count> lines (implies -d)\n"
-                    "  -t '<time>'     print most recent lines since specified time (implies -d)\n"
-                    "  -T <count>      print only the most recent <count> lines (does not imply -d)\n"
-                    "  -T '<time>'     print most recent lines since specified time (not imply -d)\n"
+                    // Leave --tail undocumented as alias for -t
+                    "  -t <count>      Print only the most recent <count> lines (implies -d)\n"
+                    "  -t '<time>'     Print most recent lines since specified time (implies -d)\n"
+                    "  -T <count>      Print only the most recent <count> lines (does not imply -d)\n"
+                    "  -T '<time>'     Print most recent lines since specified time (not imply -d)\n"
                     "                  count is pure numerical, time is 'MM-DD hh:mm:ss.mmm...'\n"
                     "                  'YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss.mmm...' or 'sssss.mmm...' format\n"
-                    "  -g              get the size of the log's ring buffer and exit\n"
-                    "  --buffer-size\n"
-                    "  -G <size>       set size of log ring buffer, may suffix with K or M.\n"
-                    "  --buffer-size=<size>\n"
-                    "  -L              dump logs from prior to last reboot\n"
-                    "  --last\n"
+                    "  -g, --buffer-size                      Get the size of the ring buffer.\n"
+                    "  -G <size>, --buffer-size=<size>\n"
+                    "                  Set size of log ring buffer, may suffix with K or M.\n"
+                    "  -L, -last       Dump logs from prior to last reboot\n"
                     // Leave security (Device Owner only installations) and
                     // kernel (userdebug and eng) buffers undocumented.
-                    "  -b <buffer>     Request alternate ring buffer, 'main', 'system', 'radio',\n"
-                    "  --buffer=<buffer> 'events', 'crash', 'default' or 'all'. Multiple -b\n"
-                    "                  parameters are allowed and results are interleaved. The\n"
-                    "                  default is -b main -b system -b crash.\n"
-                    "  -B              output the log in binary.\n"
-                    "  --binary\n"
-                    "  -S              output statistics.\n"
-                    "  --statistics\n"
-                    "  -p              print prune white and ~black list. Service is specified as\n"
-                    "  --prune         UID, UID/PID or /PID. Weighed for quicker pruning if prefix\n"
+                    "  -b <buffer>, --buffer=<buffer>         Request alternate ring buffer, 'main',\n"
+                    "                  'system', 'radio', 'events', 'crash', 'default' or 'all'.\n"
+                    "                  Multiple -b parameters are allowed. Buffers interleaved.\n"
+                    "                  Default -b main -b system -b crash.\n"
+                    "  -B, --binary    Output the log in binary.\n"
+                    "  -S, --statistics                       Output statistics.\n"
+                    "  -p, --prune     Print prune white and ~black list. Service is specified as\n"
+                    "                  UID, UID/PID or /PID. Weighed for quicker pruning if prefix\n"
                     "                  with ~, otherwise weighed for longevity if unadorned. All\n"
                     "                  other pruning activity is oldest first. Special case ~!\n"
                     "                  represents an automatic quicker pruning for the noisiest\n"
                     "                  UID as determined by the current statistics.\n"
-                    "  -P '<list> ...' set prune white and ~black list, using same format as\n"
-                    "  --prune='<list> ...'  printed above. Must be quoted.\n"
+                    "  -P '<list> ...', --prune='<list> ...'\n"
+                    "                  Set prune white and ~black list, using same format as\n"
+                    "                  listed above. Must be quoted.\n"
                     "  --pid=<pid>     Only prints logs from the given pid.\n"
-                    // Check ANDROID_LOG_WRAP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT value
+                    // Check ANDROID_LOG_WRAP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT value for match to 2 hours
                     "  --wrap          Sleep for 2 hours or when buffer about to wrap whichever\n"
                     "                  comes first. Improves efficiency of polling by providing\n"
                     "                  an about-to-wrap wakeup.\n");