diff --git a/py/program.py b/py/program.py
index db76c54..f186f3f 100755
--- a/py/program.py
+++ b/py/program.py
@@ -100,8 +100,14 @@
 # Usage Prompts
 #####
 
+# Make the options list more human readable
+
+optionslist =  OPTIONSLIST.replace(':', ' arg -').strip()
+if optionslist[-1] = '-':
+    optionslist = optionslist[:-1]
+
 uTable = [PROGVER,
-          "usage:  " + PROGNAME + " [%s]" % OPTIONSLIST,
+          "usage:  " + PROGNAME + " [%s]" % optionslist,
           "   where,",
           "          -f file  configuration file to use",
           "          -h       print this help information",