diff --git a/distro/contents/scripts/clean-app-state b/distro/contents/scripts/clean-app-state
index f61ddfd..25f29c1 100644
--- a/distro/contents/scripts/clean-app-state
+++ b/distro/contents/scripts/clean-app-state
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function showhelp {
-  			   echo -e "\nusage:  clean-app-state -a <app-name> [-g] <ghn_home> [-h] \n" 
+  			   echo -e "\nusage:  clean-app-state -a <app-name> [-g <ghn_home>] [-h] \n" 
                echo    "  a                  = the application name whose state has to be cleaned"
 			   echo    "  g                  = the gHN directory."
 		       echo -e "  h                  = shows this help.\n"
diff --git a/distro/contents/scripts/clean-container-state b/distro/contents/scripts/clean-container-state
index 80737bc..3622f02 100644
--- a/distro/contents/scripts/clean-container-state
+++ b/distro/contents/scripts/clean-container-state
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 function showhelp {
-  			   echo -e "\nusage:  clean-container-state  [-g] <ghn_home> [-h] \n" 
-               echo    "  a                  = the application name whose state has to be cleaned"
-			   echo    "  g                  = the gHN directory."
+  			   echo -e "\nusage:  clean-container-state  [-g <ghn_home>] [-h] \n" 
+               echo    "  ghn_home           = the gHN directory."
 		       echo -e "  h                  = shows this help.\n"
 }