diff --git a/bin/disk-image-create b/bin/disk-image-create
index 793431b8..5b463e7a 100755
--- a/bin/disk-image-create
+++ b/bin/disk-image-create
@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ if [ "$SCRIPTNAME" == "ramdisk-image-create" ]; then
 fi
 
 function show_options () {
+    echo "Usage: ${SCRIPTNAME} [OPTION]... [ELEMENT]..."
+    echo
     echo "Options:"
-    echo "    -a i386|amd64|armhf -- set the architecture of the image"
-    echo "    -o filename -- set the name of the output file"
+    echo "    -a i386|amd64|armhf -- set the architecture of the image(default amd64)"
+    echo "    -o imagename -- set the imagename of the output image file(default image)"
     echo "    -x -- turn on tracing"
     echo "    -u -- uncompressed; do not compress the image - larger but faster"
     echo "    -c -- clear environment before starting work"
-    echo "    --image-cache directory -- location for cached images (~/.cache/image-create)"
+    echo "    --image-cache directory -- location for cached images(default ~/.cache/image-create)"
     echo "    --min-tmpfs size -- minimum size in GB needed in tmpfs to build the image"
     echo "    --no-tmpfs -- do not use tmpfs to speed image build"
     echo "    --offline -- do not update cached resources"
@@ -56,15 +58,20 @@ function show_options () {
         echo "    -n skip the default inclusion of the 'base' element"
         echo "    -p package[,package,package] -- list of packages to install in the image"
     fi
+    echo "    -h|--help -- display this help and exit"
     echo
     echo "ELEMENTS_PATH will allow you to specify multiple locations for the elements."
-    exit 0
+    echo
+    echo "Examples:"
+    echo "    ${SCRIPTNAME} -a amd64 -o ubuntu-amd64 vm ubuntu"
+    echo "    export ELEMENTS_PATH=~/source/tripleo-image-elements/elements"
+    echo "    ${SCRIPTNAME} -a amd64 -o fedora-amd64-heat-cfntools vm fedora heat-cfntools"
 }
 
 INSTALL_PACKAGES=""
 COMPRESS_IMAGE="true"
-TEMP=`getopt -o a:ho:xucnp: -l no-tmpfs,offline,min-tmpfs: -n $SCRIPTNAME -- "$@"`
-if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Terminating..." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi
+TEMP=`getopt -o a:ho:xucnp: -l no-tmpfs,offline,help,min-tmpfs: -n $SCRIPTNAME -- "$@"`
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then echo "Terminating..." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi
 
 # Note the quotes around `$TEMP': they are essential!
 eval set -- "$TEMP"
@@ -73,7 +80,7 @@ while true ; do
     case "$1" in
         -a) export ARCH=$2; shift 2 ;;
         -o) export IMAGE_NAME=$2; shift 2 ;;
-        -h) show_options;;
+        -h|--help) show_options; exit 0;;
         -x) shift; set -x;;
         -u) shift; export COMPRESS_IMAGE="";;
         -c) shift ; export CLEAR_ENV=1;;