6 files changed, 22 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/chgrp.c b/coreutils/chgrp.c
index 0c2060981..e6ac316e5 100644
--- a/coreutils/chgrp.c
+++ b/coreutils/chgrp.c
@@ -23,13 +23,17 @@
 //usage:#define chgrp_trivial_usage
 //usage:       "[-Rh"IF_DESKTOP("LHPcvf")"]... GROUP FILE..."
 //usage:#define chgrp_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage:       "Change the group membership of FILEs to GROUP\n"
-//usage:     "\n        -R      Recurse"
+//usage:       "Change the group membership of FILEs to GROUP"
+//usage:     "\n"
 //usage:     "\n        -h      Affect symlinks instead of symlink targets"
 //usage:        IF_DESKTOP(
 //usage:     "\n        -L      Traverse all symlinks to directories"
 //usage:     "\n        -H      Traverse symlinks on command line only"
 //usage:     "\n        -P      Don't traverse symlinks (default)"
+//usage:        )
+//next 4 options are the same for chmod/chown/chgrp:
+//usage:     "\n        -R      Recurse"
+//usage:        IF_DESKTOP(
 //usage:     "\n        -c      List changed files"
 //usage:     "\n        -v      Verbose"
 //usage:     "\n        -f      Hide errors"
diff --git a/coreutils/chmod.c b/coreutils/chmod.c
index d2988c490..e260adab2 100644
--- a/coreutils/chmod.c
+++ b/coreutils/chmod.c
@@ -26,12 +26,13 @@
 //usage:#define chmod_trivial_usage
 //usage:       "[-R"IF_DESKTOP("cvf")"] MODE[,MODE]... FILE..."
 //usage:#define chmod_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage:       "Each MODE is one or more of the letters ugoa, one of the\n"
-//usage:       "symbols +-= and one or more of the letters rwxst\n"
+//usage:       "MODE is octal number (bit pattern sstrwxrwxrwx) or [ugoa]{+|-|=}[rwxXst]"
+//usage:     "\n"
+//next 4 options are the same for chmod/chown/chgrp:
 //usage:     "\n        -R      Recurse"
 //usage:        IF_DESKTOP(
 //usage:     "\n        -c      List changed files"
-//usage:     "\n        -v      List all files"
+//usage:     "\n        -v      Verbose"
 //usage:     "\n        -f      Hide errors"
 //usage:        )
 //usage:
diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index 170507147..528a2a05a 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -28,15 +28,19 @@
 //usage:#define chown_trivial_usage
 //usage:       "[-Rh"IF_DESKTOP("LHPcvf")"]... USER[:[GRP]] FILE..."
 //usage:#define chown_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage:       "Change the owner and/or group of FILEs to USER and/or GRP\n"
-//usage:     "\n        -R      Recurse"
+//usage:       "Change the owner and/or group of FILEs to USER and/or GRP"
+//usage:     "\n"
 //usage:     "\n        -h      Affect symlinks instead of symlink targets"
 //usage:        IF_DESKTOP(
 //usage:     "\n        -L      Traverse all symlinks to directories"
 //usage:     "\n        -H      Traverse symlinks on command line only"
 //usage:     "\n        -P      Don't traverse symlinks (default)"
+//usage:        )
+//next 4 options are the same for chmod/chown/chgrp:
+//usage:     "\n        -R      Recurse"
+//usage:        IF_DESKTOP(
 //usage:     "\n        -c      List changed files"
-//usage:     "\n        -v      List all files"
+//usage:     "\n        -v      Verbose"
 //usage:     "\n        -f      Hide errors"
 //usage:        )
 //usage:
diff --git a/coreutils/cut.c b/coreutils/cut.c
index 5897d82b6..cc3c32576 100644
--- a/coreutils/cut.c
+++ b/coreutils/cut.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 //usage:     "\n        -s      Output only lines containing delimiter"
 //usage:     "\n        -f LIST Print only these fields"
 //usage:     "\n        -n      Ignored"
+//(manpage:-n   with -b: don't split multibyte characters)
 //usage:
 //usage:#define cut_example_usage
 //usage:       "$ echo \"Hello world\" | cut -f 1 -d ' '\n"
diff --git a/coreutils/echo.c b/coreutils/echo.c
index aab177cee..82f0358b6 100644
--- a/coreutils/echo.c
+++ b/coreutils/echo.c
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
 //usage:#define echo_trivial_usage
 //usage:        IF_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO("[-neE] ") "[ARG]..."
 //usage:#define echo_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage:       "Print the specified ARGs to stdout"
+//usage:       "Print ARGs to stdout"
 //usage:        IF_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO( "\n"
-//usage:     "\n        -n      Suppress trailing newline"
-//usage:     "\n        -e      Interpret backslash escapes (i.e., \\t=tab)"
+//usage:     "\n        -n      No trailing newline"
+//usage:     "\n        -e      Interpret backslash escapes (\\t=tab etc)"
 //usage:     "\n        -E      Don't interpret backslash escapes (default)"
 //usage:        )
 //usage:
diff --git a/coreutils/id.c b/coreutils/id.c
index f453a87ae..18bda3c55 100644
--- a/coreutils/id.c
+++ b/coreutils/id.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 //usage:#define groups_trivial_usage
 //usage:       "[USER]"
 //usage:#define groups_full_usage "\n\n"
-//usage:       "Print the group memberships of USER or for the current process"
+//usage:       "Print the groups USER is in"
 //usage:
 //usage:#define groups_example_usage
 //usage:       "$ groups\n"