diff --git a/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/ArcStatusCommandOption.java b/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/ArcStatusCommandOption.java
index d56086e8..093635d8 100644
--- a/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/ArcStatusCommandOption.java
+++ b/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/ArcStatusCommandOption.java
@@ -15,24 +15,24 @@
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-@CommandLine.Command(
-        name = "status",
-        description = "Show the status of the current target."
-)
 public class ArcStatusCommandOption extends CommonCommandOptions {
     @CommandLine.Mixin
     ArcReportOptions arcReportOptions = new ArcReportOptions();
 
-    @CommandLine.Mixin
+    @CommandLine.ArgGroup(
+            exclusive = false,
+            multiplicity = "1",
+            heading = "Time Range Options:%n"
+    )
     RangeOptions rangeOptions = new RangeOptions();
 
     @CommandLine.Option(
             names = {"--name"},
-            description = "Filter results by the name of the target to show."
+            description = "Filter results by the name of the arc."
     )
     List<String> names = new LinkedList<>();
 
-    @CommandLine.Option(names = {"--list"}, description = {"List all arc instances"})
+    @CommandLine.Option(names = {"--list"}, description = {"List all arc instances instead of summarizing."})
     boolean list = false;
 
     public ArcStatusCommandOption setNames(List<String> names) {
diff --git a/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/DatasetStatusCommandOption.java b/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/DatasetStatusCommandOption.java
index c297f67d..f808ace8 100644
--- a/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/DatasetStatusCommandOption.java
+++ b/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/DatasetStatusCommandOption.java
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-@CommandLine.Command(
-        name = "status",
-        description = "Show the status of the current target."
-)
 public class DatasetStatusCommandOption extends CommonCommandOptions {
     @CommandLine.Mixin
     DatasetReportOptions datasetReportOptions = new DatasetReportOptions();
 
-    @CommandLine.Mixin
+    @CommandLine.ArgGroup(
+            exclusive = false,
+            multiplicity = "1",
+            heading = "Time Range Options:%n"
+    )
     RangeOptions rangeOptions = new RangeOptions();
 
     @CommandLine.Option(
             names = {"--name"},
-            description = "Filter results by the name of the target to show."
+            description = "Filter results by the name of the dataset."
     )
     List<String> names = new LinkedList<>();
 
diff --git a/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/RangeOptions.java b/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/RangeOptions.java
index f337ac07..c16e03f2 100644
--- a/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/RangeOptions.java
+++ b/clusterless-main-common/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/RangeOptions.java
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ public class RangeOptions {
     @CommandLine.Option(
             names = {"--earliest"},
             description = {
-                    "Earliest time to include in report.",
+                    "Earliest time to include in report, inclusive.",
+                    "Where the time can be most any date/time format, or",
+                    "an adjuster such as '1h' or '1d'.",
                     "(default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})"
             },
             converter = MomentTypeConverter.class,
@@ -26,7 +28,9 @@ public class RangeOptions {
     @CommandLine.Option(
             names = {"--latest"},
             description = {
-                    "Latest time to include in report.",
+                    "Latest time to include in report, exclusive.",
+                    "Where the time can be most any date/time format, or",
+                    "an adjuster such as '1h' or '1d'.",
                     "(default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})"
             },
             converter = MomentTypeConverter.class
diff --git a/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/ArcsCommand.java b/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/ArcsCommand.java
index 4bab18db..0f95c70c 100644
--- a/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/ArcsCommand.java
+++ b/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/ArcsCommand.java
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ public ArcsCommand() {
 
     @CommandLine.Command(
             name = "status",
-            description = "Show the status of the current target."
+            description = {
+                    "Show a summary of deployed arcs status (within the time range).",
+                    "Where status is one of:",
+                    "  - running: workload is in process",
+                    "  - complete: workload finished successfully",
+                    "  - partial: workload finished but some data is missing",
+                    "  - missing: no data, possibly due to error, or missing upstream data",
+                    "The --list option will output all arc instances instead of summarizing."
+            }
     )
     public static class ArcStatusCommand implements Callable<Integer> {
         @CommandLine.ParentCommand
diff --git a/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/DatasetsCommand.java b/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/DatasetsCommand.java
index 21107c3e..57f2341a 100644
--- a/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/DatasetsCommand.java
+++ b/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/DatasetsCommand.java
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@ public DatasetsCommand() {
 
     @CommandLine.Command(
             name = "status",
-            description = "Show the status of the current target."
+            description = {
+                    "Show a summary of deployed dataset manifest status (within the time range).",
+                    "Where status is one of:",
+                    "  - complete: manifest is complete",
+                    "  - partial: manifest exists, but some data is missing",
+                    "  - empty: manifest has no data, possibly due to error, or missing upstream data",
+                    "  - removed: the manifest and its data has been removed",
+                    "The --list option will output all manifest instances instead of summarizing."
+            }
     )
     public static class DatasetStatusCommand implements Callable<Integer> {
         @CommandLine.ParentCommand
diff --git a/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/PlacementsCommand.java b/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/PlacementsCommand.java
index 081e0512..bf1cadf2 100644
--- a/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/PlacementsCommand.java
+++ b/clusterless-main/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/command/report/PlacementsCommand.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 @CommandLine.Command(
         name = "placements",
-        description = "List all visible placements with deployments."
+        description = "List all placements with deployments."
 )
 public class PlacementsCommand extends CommandWrapper<PlacementsCommandOptions> {
     public PlacementsCommand() {
diff --git a/clusterless-substrate-aws-kernel/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/substrate/aws/report/ArcStatus.java b/clusterless-substrate-aws-kernel/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/substrate/aws/report/ArcStatus.java
index e3583172..3a92094b 100644
--- a/clusterless-substrate-aws-kernel/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/substrate/aws/report/ArcStatus.java
+++ b/clusterless-substrate-aws-kernel/src/main/java/clusterless/cls/substrate/aws/report/ArcStatus.java
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 @CommandLine.Command(
-        name = "status",
-        description = "List the status of all arcs in the range."
+        name = "status"
 )
 public class ArcStatus implements Callable<Integer> {
     @CommandLine.ParentCommand