diff --git a/src/knot/ctl/knotc_main.c b/src/knot/ctl/knotc_main.c
index 628baa71e91fe50a23d817b31ef1c309281fa399..7a86b00ccc4ec6b42b6cde23923811d414f6493c 100644
--- a/src/knot/ctl/knotc_main.c
+++ b/src/knot/ctl/knotc_main.c
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ void help(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	printf("Usage: %sc [parameters] start|stop|restart|reload|running|"
 	       "compile [additional]\n", PACKAGE_NAME);
-	printf("Parameters:\n"
+	printf("\nParameters:\n"
 	       " -c [file], --config=[file] Select configuration file.\n"
-	       " -j [num], --jobs=[num]     Number of parallel tasks to run (only for 'compile').\n"
+	       " -j [num], --jobs=[num]     Number of parallel tasks to run when compiling.\n"
 	       " -f, --force                Force operation - override some checks.\n"
 	       " -v, --verbose              Verbose mode - additional runtime information.\n"
 	       " -V, --version              Print %s server version.\n"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void help(int argc, char **argv)
 	       " -a, --auto                 Enable automatic recompilation (start or reload).\n"
 	       " -h, --help                 Print help and usage.\n",
 	       PACKAGE_NAME);
-	printf("Actions:\n"
+	printf("\nActions:\n"
 	       " start     Start %s server zone (no-op if running).\n"
 	       " stop      Stop %s server (no-op if not running).\n"
 	       " restart   Stops and then starts %s server.\n"
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ void help(int argc, char **argv)
 	       " running   Check if server is running.\n"
 	       " checkconf Check server configuration.\n"
 	       "\n"
-	       " checkzone Check zones (accepts specific zones, f.e. "
-	       "'knotc checkzone example1.com example2.com').\n"
+	       " checkzone Check zones (accepts specific zones, \n"
+	       "           e.g. 'knotc checkzone example1.com example2.com').\n"
 	       " compile   Compile zones (accepts specific zones, see above).\n",
 	       PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_NAME, PACKAGE_NAME);
 }
diff --git a/src/knot/main.c b/src/knot/main.c
index 4bedba538e40c632993c46df86d3a96d1d6dbe17..3ca247ead32a9cd801a8a37edb33dadf03fb9e47 100644
--- a/src/knot/main.c
+++ b/src/knot/main.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void help(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	printf("Usage: %sd [parameters]\n",
 	       PACKAGE_NAME);
-	printf("Parameters:\n"
+	printf("\nParameters:\n"
 	       " -c, --config [file] Select configuration file.\n"
 	       " -d, --daemonize     Run server as a daemon.\n"
 	       " -v, --verbose       Verbose mode - additional runtime information.\n"
diff --git a/src/zcompile/zcompile_main.c b/src/zcompile/zcompile_main.c
index 7e3ee862fce298aa6febe25abedcf9e6958ccf95..983376a7e03d32b20ce3c72d0a00ed2d435b74b2 100644
--- a/src/zcompile/zcompile_main.c
+++ b/src/zcompile/zcompile_main.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static void help(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	printf("Usage: %s [parameters] origin zonefile\n",
 	       argv[0]);
-	printf("Parameters:\n"
+	printf("\n:Parameters:\n"
 	       " -o <outfile> Override output file.\n"
 	       " -v           Verbose mode - additional runtime information.\n"
 	       " -s           Enable semantic checks.\n"