diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4a96de..65df28a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ FLAGS:
 
 OPTIONS:
     -d, --max-depth <depth>    Set maximum search depth (default: none)
-    -t, --type <file-type>     Filter by type: f(ile), d(irectory), s(ymlink)
+    -t, --type <filetype>      Filter by type: f(ile), d(irectory), s(ymlink)
     -e, --extension <ext>      Filter by file extension
-    -c, --color <color>        When to use color in the output:
+    -c, --color <when>         When to use color in the output:
                                never, auto, always (default: auto)
-    -j, --threads <threads>    Set number of threads to use for searching
+    -j, --threads <num>        Set number of threads to use for searching:
                                (default: number of available CPU cores)
 
 ARGS:
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index b136592..d5f29bf 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -87,64 +87,63 @@ fn usage() -> HashMap<&'static str, Help> {
     let mut h = HashMap::new();
     doc!(h, "hidden"
         , "Search hidden files and directories"
-        , "Also include hidden directories and files in the search results (default: hidden files\
-            and directories are skipped).");
+        , "Include hidden directories and files in the search results (default: hidden files \
+           and directories are skipped).");
     doc!(h, "no-ignore"
         , "Do not respect .(git)ignore files"
-        , "Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by\
+        , "Show search results from files and directories that would otherwise be ignored by \
             '.*ignore' files.");
     doc!(h, "case-sensitive"
         , "Case-sensitive search (default: smart case)"
-        , "Define your pattern as case sensitive. By default, fd uses 'smart case' for queries.\
-            This option disables smart case.");
+        , "Perform a case-sensitive search. By default, fd uses case-insensitive searches, \
+           unless the pattern contains both upper- and lowercase characters (smart case).");
     doc!(h, "absolute-path"
         , "Show absolute instead of relative paths"
-        , "Shows the result of a pattern match as an absolute path instead of relative path.");
+        , "Shows the full path starting from the root as opposed to relative paths.");
     doc!(h, "follow"
         , "Follow symbolic links"
         , "By default, fd does not descent into symlinked directories. Using this flag, symbolic \
-            links are also traversed.");
+           links are also traversed.");
     doc!(h, "full-path"
         , "Search full path (default: file-/dirname only)"
-        , "Searches the full path of directory. By default, fd only searches the last part of \
-            the path (the file name or the directory name).");
+        , "By default, the search pattern is only matched against the filename (or directory \
+           name). Using this flag, the pattern is matched against the full path.");
     doc!(h, "null_separator"
         , "Separate results by the null character"
-        , "Separate search results by the null character (instead of newlines). This is useful \
-            for piping results to 'xargs'.");
+        , "Separate search results by the null character (instead of newlines). Useful for \
+           piping results to 'xargs'.");
     doc!(h, "depth"
         , "Set maximum search depth (default: none)"
-        , "Set the limit of the maximum search depth in a pattern match query. By default, there\
-            is no limit on the search depth.");
+        , "Limit the directory traversal to a given depth. By default, there is no limit \
+           on the search depth.");
     doc!(h, "file-type"
         , "Filter by type: f(ile), d(irectory), s(ymlink)"
-        , "Filter the search by type:\n\
-            f file          for file\n\
-            d directory     for directory\n\
-            s symlink       for symbolic links");
+        , "Filter the search by type:\n  \
+             'f' or 'file':         regular files\n  \
+             'd' or 'directory':    directories\n  \
+             's' or 'symlink':      symbolic links");
     doc!(h, "extension"
         , "Filter by file extension"
-        , "Only show search results with a specific file extension.");
+        , "(Additionally) filter search results by their file extension.");
     doc!(h, "color"
-        , "When to use color in the output:\n\
-            never, auto, always (default: auto)"
-        , "Declare when to use color for the pattern match output:\n\
-            auto (default)\n\
-            never\n\
-            always");
+        , "When to use colors: never, *auto*, always"
+        , "Declare when to use color for the pattern match output:\n  \
+             'auto':      show colors if the output goes to an interactive console (default)\n  \
+             'never':     do not use colorized output\n  \
+             'always':    always use colorized output");
     doc!(h, "threads"
-        , "Set number of threads to use for searching:\n\
-            (default: number of available CPU cores)");
+        , "Set number of threads to use for searching"
+        , "Set number of threads to use for searching (default: number of available CPU cores)");
     doc!(h, "max-buffer-time"
         , "the time (in ms) to buffer, before streaming to the console"
         , "Amount of time in milliseconds to buffer, before streaming the search results to\
-            the console.");
+           the console.");
     doc!(h, "pattern"
         , "the search pattern, a regular expression (optional)");
     doc!(h, "path"
         , "the root directory for the filesystem search (optional)"
-        , "The root directory where you want to do the filesystem search of the pattern.\
-            When not present, the default is to use the current working directory.");
+        , "The directory where the filesystem search is rooted (optional). \
+           If omitted, search the current working directory.");
 
     h
 }