diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/delete_table_snapshots.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/delete_table_snapshots.rb
index 686bb8edba0..dc4e0a235f0 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/delete_table_snapshots.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/delete_table_snapshots.rb
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ matching table name regular expression.
 Examples:
   hbase> delete_table_snapshots 'tableName'
   hbase> delete_table_snapshots 'tableName.*'
-  hbase> delete_table_snapshots 'tableName' 'snapshotName'
-  hbase> delete_table_snapshots 'tableName' 'snapshotName.*'
-  hbase> delete_table_snapshots 'tableName.*' 'snapshotName.*'
-  hbase> delete_table_snapshots 'ns:tableName.*' 'snapshotName.*'
+  hbase> delete_table_snapshots 'tableName', 'snapshotName'
+  hbase> delete_table_snapshots 'tableName', 'snapshotName.*'
+  hbase> delete_table_snapshots 'tableName.*', 'snapshotName.*'
+  hbase> delete_table_snapshots 'ns:tableName.*', 'snapshotName.*'
 
 EOF
       end
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/grant.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/grant.rb
index c9338f4b532..a4e4547d16f 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/grant.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/grant.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Shell
       def help
         return <<-EOF
 Grant users specific rights.
-Syntax : grant <user> <permissions> [<@namespace> [<table> [<column family> [<column qualifier>]]]
+Syntax : grant <user>, <permissions> [, <@namespace> [, <table> [, <column family> [, <column qualifier>]]]
 
 permissions is either zero or more letters from the set "RWXCA".
 READ('R'), WRITE('W'), EXEC('X'), CREATE('C'), ADMIN('A')
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/list_table_snapshots.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/list_table_snapshots.rb
index 3f8a528c398..3a32e9e3ea7 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/list_table_snapshots.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/list_table_snapshots.rb
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ by snapshot name.
 Examples:
   hbase> list_table_snapshots 'tableName'
   hbase> list_table_snapshots 'tableName.*'
-  hbase> list_table_snapshots 'tableName' 'snapshotName'
-  hbase> list_table_snapshots 'tableName' 'snapshotName.*'
-  hbase> list_table_snapshots 'tableName.*' 'snapshotName.*'
-  hbase> list_table_snapshots 'ns:tableName.*' 'snapshotName.*'
+  hbase> list_table_snapshots 'tableName', 'snapshotName'
+  hbase> list_table_snapshots 'tableName', 'snapshotName.*'
+  hbase> list_table_snapshots 'tableName.*', 'snapshotName.*'
+  hbase> list_table_snapshots 'ns:tableName.*', 'snapshotName.*'
 EOF
       end
 
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/revoke.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/revoke.rb
index 768989b6c03..4a0d5ff62e1 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/revoke.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/revoke.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module Shell
       def help
         return <<-EOF
 Revoke a user's access rights.
-Syntax : revoke <user> [<@namespace> [<table> [<column family> [<column qualifier>]]]]
+Syntax : revoke <user> [, <@namespace> [, <table> [, <column family> [, <column qualifier>]]]]
 
 Note: Groups and users access are revoked in the same way, but groups are prefixed with an '@' 
       character. In the same way, tables and namespaces are specified, but namespaces are