diff --git a/image-index b/image-index
index 49db85d..8ab860d 100755
--- a/image-index
+++ b/image-index
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ def help(args):
     if not args:
             print("SYNTAX: image-index <option> [args]")
             print("OPTIONS:\n\thelp:\tdisplays this text")
-            print("\t\tadd one of the other options to see more info.")
+            print("\t\tSyntax: image-index help [commands]")
             print("\tmeta:\tdisplays help for the metadata tables")
             print("\tadd:\tadds a new entry;\n\t\tSyntax: image-index add <filepath> <category> <title> <source> <tags> <content>")
             print("\tcheck:\tchecks the existence and correctness of all files in the index;\n\t\tSyntax: image-index check [options]")