diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/CacheAdmin.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/CacheAdmin.java
index 270a662a9f4..522f701bd96 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/CacheAdmin.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/CacheAdmin.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
 
 /**
  * This class implements command-line operations on the HDFS Cache.
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ public class CacheAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
   public int run(String[] args) throws IOException {
     if (args.length == 0) {
       AdminHelper.printUsage(false, "cacheadmin", COMMANDS);
+      ToolRunner.printGenericCommandUsage(System.err);
       return 1;
     }
     AdminHelper.Command command = AdminHelper.determineCommand(args[0],
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ public class CacheAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
         System.err.println("Command names must start with dashes.");
       }
       AdminHelper.printUsage(false, "cacheadmin", COMMANDS);
+      ToolRunner.printGenericCommandUsage(System.err);
       return 1;
     }
     List<String> argsList = new LinkedList<String>();
@@ -88,9 +91,10 @@ public class CacheAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
     }
   }
 
-  public static void main(String[] argsArray) throws IOException {
+  public static void main(String[] argsArray) throws Exception {
     CacheAdmin cacheAdmin = new CacheAdmin(new Configuration());
-    System.exit(cacheAdmin.run(argsArray));
+    int res = ToolRunner.run(cacheAdmin, argsArray);
+    System.exit(res);
   }
 
   private static CacheDirectiveInfo.Expiration parseExpirationString(String ttlString)
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/CryptoAdmin.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/CryptoAdmin.java
index b78da31e78f..225f11a2d13 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/CryptoAdmin.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/CryptoAdmin.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.EncryptionZone;
 import org.apache.hadoop.tools.TableListing;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
 
 /**
  * This class implements crypto command-line operations.
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public class CryptoAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
   public int run(String[] args) throws IOException {
     if (args.length == 0) {
       AdminHelper.printUsage(false, "crypto", COMMANDS);
+      ToolRunner.printGenericCommandUsage(System.err);
       return 1;
     }
     final AdminHelper.Command command = AdminHelper.determineCommand(args[0],
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ public class CryptoAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
         System.err.println("Command names must start with dashes.");
       }
       AdminHelper.printUsage(false, "crypto", COMMANDS);
+      ToolRunner.printGenericCommandUsage(System.err);
       return 1;
     }
     final List<String> argsList = new LinkedList<String>();
@@ -78,9 +81,10 @@ public class CryptoAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
     }
   }
 
-  public static void main(String[] argsArray) throws IOException {
+  public static void main(String[] argsArray) throws Exception {
     final CryptoAdmin cryptoAdmin = new CryptoAdmin(new Configuration());
-    System.exit(cryptoAdmin.run(argsArray));
+    int res = ToolRunner.run(cryptoAdmin, argsArray);
+    System.exit(res);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/StoragePolicyAdmin.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/StoragePolicyAdmin.java
index 24079b3c25d..d99b88a0b31 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/StoragePolicyAdmin.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/StoragePolicyAdmin.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.HdfsFileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.tools.TableListing;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
+import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ public class StoragePolicyAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
   public static void main(String[] argsArray) throws Exception {
     final StoragePolicyAdmin admin = new StoragePolicyAdmin(new
         Configuration());
-    System.exit(admin.run(argsArray));
+    int res = ToolRunner.run(admin, argsArray);
+    System.exit(res);
   }
 
   public StoragePolicyAdmin(Configuration conf) {
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ public class StoragePolicyAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
   public int run(String[] args) throws Exception {
     if (args.length == 0) {
       AdminHelper.printUsage(false, "storagepolicies", COMMANDS);
+      ToolRunner.printGenericCommandUsage(System.err);
       return 1;
     }
     final AdminHelper.Command command = AdminHelper.determineCommand(args[0],
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ public class StoragePolicyAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
         System.err.println("Command names must start with dashes.");
       }
       AdminHelper.printUsage(false, "storagepolicies", COMMANDS);
+      ToolRunner.printGenericCommandUsage(System.err);
       return 1;
     }
     final List<String> argsList = new LinkedList<>();