diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_copy.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_copy.go
index 98007c8d2..de064580a 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_copy.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_copy.go
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ func init() {
 
 	f := cmdCopy.Flags()
 	initSecondaryRepoOptions(f, &copyOptions.secondaryRepoOptions, "destination", "to copy snapshots from")
-	f.StringArrayVarP(&copyOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `host`, when no snapshot ID is given (can be specified multiple times)")
-	f.Var(&copyOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist`, when no snapshot ID is given")
-	f.StringArrayVar(&copyOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path`, when no snapshot ID is given")
+	f.StringArrayVarP(&copyOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `host` (can be specified multiple times)")
+	f.Var(&copyOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist` in the format `tag[,tag,...]` (can be specified multiple times)")
+	f.StringArrayVar(&copyOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path` (can be specified multiple times)")
 }
 
 func runCopy(opts CopyOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go
index 993072f9c..40d62ef0f 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ func init() {
 	cmdRoot.AddCommand(cmdDump)
 
 	flags := cmdDump.Flags()
-	flags.StringArrayVarP(&dumpOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, `only consider snapshots for this host when the snapshot ID is "latest" (can be specified multiple times)`)
-	flags.Var(&dumpOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist` for snapshot ID \"latest\"")
-	flags.StringArrayVar(&dumpOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path` for snapshot ID \"latest\"")
+	flags.StringArrayVarP(&dumpOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `host`, when snapshot ID \"latest\" is given (can be specified multiple times)")
+	flags.Var(&dumpOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist`, when snapshot ID \"latest\" is given (can be specified multiple times)")
+	flags.StringArrayVar(&dumpOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path`, when snapshot ID \"latest\" is given (can be specified multiple times)")
 	flags.StringVarP(&dumpOptions.Archive, "archive", "a", "tar", "set archive `format` as \"tar\" or \"zip\"")
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
index 7171314e2..7f2aa2d7f 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_find.go
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ func init() {
 	f.BoolVarP(&findOptions.CaseInsensitive, "ignore-case", "i", false, "ignore case for pattern")
 	f.BoolVarP(&findOptions.ListLong, "long", "l", false, "use a long listing format showing size and mode")
 
-	f.StringArrayVarP(&findOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `host`, when no snapshot ID is given (can be specified multiple times)")
-	f.Var(&findOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist`, when no snapshot-ID is given")
-	f.StringArrayVar(&findOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path`, when no snapshot-ID is given")
+	f.StringArrayVarP(&findOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `host` (can be specified multiple times)")
+	f.Var(&findOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist` in the format `tag[,tag,...]` (can be specified multiple times)")
+	f.StringArrayVar(&findOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path` (can be specified multiple times)")
 }
 
 type findPattern struct {
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go
index 747316f9f..f1747054a 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_mount.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func init() {
 	mountFlags.BoolVar(&mountOptions.NoDefaultPermissions, "no-default-permissions", false, "for 'allow-other', ignore Unix permissions and allow users to read all snapshot files")
 
 	mountFlags.StringArrayVarP(&mountOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, `only consider snapshots for this host (can be specified multiple times)`)
-	mountFlags.Var(&mountOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist`")
+	mountFlags.Var(&mountOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist` (can be specified multiple times)")
 	mountFlags.StringArrayVar(&mountOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path`")
 
 	mountFlags.StringArrayVar(&mountOptions.PathTemplates, "path-template", nil, "set `template` for path names (can be specified multiple times)")
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
index addd36661..1146cdca9 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ func init() {
 	flags.StringVarP(&restoreOptions.Target, "target", "t", "", "directory to extract data to")
 
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(&restoreOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, `only consider snapshots for this host when the snapshot ID is "latest" (can be specified multiple times)`)
-	flags.Var(&restoreOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist` for snapshot ID \"latest\"")
-	flags.StringArrayVar(&restoreOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path` for snapshot ID \"latest\"")
+	flags.Var(&restoreOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist`, when snapshot ID \"latest\" is given (can be specified multiple times)")
+	flags.StringArrayVar(&restoreOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path`, when snapshot ID \"latest\" is given (can be specified multiple times)")
 	flags.BoolVar(&restoreOptions.Verify, "verify", false, "verify restored files content")
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
index ed201bf65..44e9a090b 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func init() {
 	f := cmdSnapshots.Flags()
 	f.StringArrayVarP(&snapshotOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `host` (can be specified multiple times)")
 	f.Var(&snapshotOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist` in the format `tag[,tag,...]` (can be specified multiple times)")
-	f.StringArrayVar(&snapshotOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `path` (can be specified multiple times)")
+	f.StringArrayVar(&snapshotOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path` (can be specified multiple times)")
 	f.BoolVarP(&snapshotOptions.Compact, "compact", "c", false, "use compact output format")
 	f.BoolVar(&snapshotOptions.Last, "last", false, "only show the last snapshot for each host and path")
 	err := f.MarkDeprecated("last", "use --latest 1")
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_tag.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_tag.go
index 1b99a4d56..f2e29679b 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_tag.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_tag.go
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ func init() {
 	tagFlags.Var(&tagOptions.AddTags, "add", "`tags` which will be added to the existing tags in the format `tag[,tag,...]` (can be given multiple times)")
 	tagFlags.Var(&tagOptions.RemoveTags, "remove", "`tags` which will be removed from the existing tags in the format `tag[,tag,...]` (can be given multiple times)")
 
-	tagFlags.StringArrayVarP(&tagOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `host`, when no snapshot ID is given (can be specified multiple times)")
-	tagFlags.Var(&tagOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist`, when no snapshot-ID is given")
-	tagFlags.StringArrayVar(&tagOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path`, when no snapshot-ID is given")
+	tagFlags.StringArrayVarP(&tagOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `host` (can be specified multiple times)")
+	tagFlags.Var(&tagOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist` in the format `tag[,tag,...]` (can be specified multiple times)")
+	tagFlags.StringArrayVar(&tagOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path` (can be specified multiple times)")
 }
 
 func changeTags(ctx context.Context, repo *repository.Repository, sn *restic.Snapshot, setTags, addTags, removeTags []string) (bool, error) {