1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/basename.c b/coreutils/basename.c
index 5fe5e0f03..efd07e272 100644
--- a/coreutils/basename.c
+++ b/coreutils/basename.c
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ extern int basename_main(int argc, char **argv)
         char* s, *s1;
 
         if ((argc < 2) || (**(argv + 1) == '-')) {
-                usage("basename [file ...]\n");
+                usage("basename [FILE ...]\n"
+#ifndef BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
+                                "\nStrips directory path and suffixes from FILE(s).\n"
+#endif
+                                );
         }
         argv++;