diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DebugAdmin.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DebugAdmin.java
index efe355d1b0a..f5967e15a63 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DebugAdmin.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/tools/DebugAdmin.java
@@ -459,9 +459,9 @@ public class DebugAdmin extends Configured implements Tool {
       if (!command.name.equals("help")) {
         System.out.println(command.usageText);
       }
+      System.out.println();
+      ToolRunner.printGenericCommandUsage(System.out);
     }
-    System.out.println();
-    ToolRunner.printGenericCommandUsage(System.out);
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] argsArray) throws Exception {