1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/length.c b/coreutils/length.c
index 4cbe7e17b..c7df21611 100644
--- a/coreutils/length.c
+++ b/coreutils/length.c
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 extern int length_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
         if (argc != 2 || **(argv + 1) == '-') {
-                usage("length string\n");
+                usage("length STRING\n"
+#ifndef BB_FEATURE_TRIVIAL_HELP
+                                "\nPrints out the length of the specified STRING.\n"
+#endif
+                                );
         }
         printf("%lu\n", (long)strlen(argv[1]));
         return (TRUE);