diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 948bfca4..d12481d9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-@sumwatshade/oclif-plugin-update
+# @sumwatshade/oclif-plugin-update
+
 ====================
 
-> A fork of @oclif/plugin-update that modifies the functionality
+> A fork of @oclif/plugin-update that closer mimics [NVM](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
 
 [![Version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@oclif/plugin-update.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/@sumwatshade/oclif-plugin-update)
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/oclif/plugin-update/tree/master.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/sumwatshade/plugin-update/tree/master)
@@ -12,10 +13,9 @@
 * [Usage](#usage)
 * [Commands](#commands)
 <!-- tocstop -->
-# Usage
-See https://oclif.io/docs/releasing.html#autoupdater
 
-# Commands
+## Commands
+
 <!-- commands -->
 * [`oclif-example install [VERSION]`](#oclif-example-install-version)
 * [`oclif-example update [CHANNEL]`](#oclif-example-update-channel)
diff --git a/src/commands/install.ts b/src/commands/install.ts
index c44cd352..2d651f56 100644
--- a/src/commands/install.ts
+++ b/src/commands/install.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,17 @@ import UpdateCommand from './update';
 const SEMVER_REGEX =
   /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:-([0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?(?:\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+)?/;
 export default class InstallCommand extends UpdateCommand {
-  static args = [{ name: 'version', optional: false }];
+  static description =
+    'Install and link a new version of the <%= config.bin %> CLI. This will first check locally before fetching from the internet';
+
+  static args = [
+    {
+      name: 'version',
+      description:
+        'Specify an explicit version (ex. 3.0.0-next.1) or a channel (ex. alpha)',
+      optional: false,
+    },
+  ];
 
   static flags = {};
 
diff --git a/src/commands/update.ts b/src/commands/update.ts
index 483fb1a3..bd21469f 100644
--- a/src/commands/update.ts
+++ b/src/commands/update.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,17 @@ import { extract } from '../tar';
 import { ls, wait } from '../util';
 
 export default class UpdateCommand extends Command {
-  static description = 'update the <%= config.bin %> CLI';
-
-  static args = [{ name: 'channel', optional: true }];
+  static description =
+    'update the <%= config.bin %> CLI. This will download a new binary';
+
+  static args = [
+    {
+      name: 'channel', // name of arg to show in help and reference with args[name]
+      required: false, // make the arg required with `required: true`
+      description:
+        'Specify a prerelease channel. An error will be thrown if this channel is invalid.', // help description
+    },
+  ];
 
   static flags: flags.Input<any> = {
     autoupdate: flags.boolean({ hidden: true }),
diff --git a/src/commands/use.ts b/src/commands/use.ts
index b40343d1..1ffc261b 100644
--- a/src/commands/use.ts
+++ b/src/commands/use.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,17 @@ const SEMVER_REGEX =
   /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:-([0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?(?:\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+)?/;
 
 export default class UseCommand extends UpdateCommand {
-  static args = [{ name: 'version', optional: false }];
+  static description =
+    'Checks for a previously installed version of the <%= config.bin %> CLI. Throws an error if the version is not found.';
+
+  static args = [
+    {
+      name: 'version',
+      description:
+        'Specify an explicit version (ex. 3.0.0-next.1) or a channel (ex. alpha)',
+      optional: true,
+    },
+  ];
 
   static flags = {};