2 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index fc0c2424f..5c2ae0da6 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ static int chownApp;
 static char* invocationName=NULL;
 
 
-const char chgrp_usage[] = "[OPTION]... GROUP FILE...\n"
+static const char chgrp_usage[] = "[OPTION]... GROUP FILE...\n"
     "Change the group membership of each FILE to GROUP.\n"
     "\n\tOptions:\n" "\t-R\tchange files and directories recursively\n";
-const char chown_usage[] = "[OPTION]...  OWNER[.[GROUP] FILE...\n"
+static const char chown_usage[] = "[OPTION]...  OWNER[.[GROUP] FILE...\n"
     "Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP.\n"
     "\n\tOptions:\n" "\t-R\tchange files and directories recursively\n";
 
diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index a52a9a4a8..558517086 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@
    an RFC 822 complient date output for shell scripting
    mail commands */
 
-const char      date_usage[] = "date [-uR] [+FORMAT|+%f] [ [-s|-d] MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY]\n                | [[[[CCYY.]MM.DD-]hh:mm[:ss]]]] ]";
+const char      date_usage[] = "date [-uR] [+FORMAT|+%f] [ [-s|-d] MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY]\n"
+"| [[[[CCYY.]MM.DD-]hh:mm[:ss]]]] ]";
+
+//static const char date_usage[] = "Usage: date [OPTION]... [+FORMAT]\n"
+//"or:  date [OPTION] [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]]\n"
+//"Display the current time in the given FORMAT, or set the system date.\n";
+
 
 static struct option const long_options[] =
 {
@@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ date_err(void) {
 }
 
 int
-date_main(struct FileInfo * i, int argc, char * * argv)
+date_main(int argc, char * * argv)
 {
   char *date_str = NULL;
   char *date_fmt = NULL;
@@ -203,7 +209,7 @@ date_main(struct FileInfo * i, int argc, char * * argv)
       break;
 
     default:
-      usage(date_usage);
+      fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s", date_usage);
       break;
     }
   }