diff --git a/DepotDownloader/Program.cs b/DepotDownloader/Program.cs
index 569c48938..ea65385b8 100644
--- a/DepotDownloader/Program.cs
+++ b/DepotDownloader/Program.cs
@@ -422,12 +422,14 @@ static void PrintUsage()
             Console.WriteLine();
             Console.WriteLine("  -username <user>         - the username of the account to login to for restricted content.");
             Console.WriteLine("  -password <pass>         - the password of the account to login to for restricted content.");
-            Console.WriteLine("  -remember-password       - if set, remember the password for subsequent logins of this user. (Use -username <username> -remember-password as login credentials)");
+            Console.WriteLine("  -remember-password       - if set, remember the password for subsequent logins of this user.");
+            Console.WriteLine("                             use -username <username> -remember-password as login credentials.");
             Console.WriteLine();
             Console.WriteLine("  -dir <installdir>        - the directory in which to place downloaded files.");
-            Console.WriteLine("  -filelist <file.txt>     - a list of files to download (from the manifest). Prefix file path with 'regex:' if you want to match with regex.");
-            Console.WriteLine("  -validate                - Include checksum verification of files already downloaded");
+            Console.WriteLine("  -filelist <file.txt>     - the name of a local file that contains a list of files to download (from the manifest).");
+            Console.WriteLine("                             prefix file path with `regex:` if you want to match with regex. each file path should be on their own line.");
             Console.WriteLine();
+            Console.WriteLine("  -validate                - include checksum verification of files already downloaded");
             Console.WriteLine("  -manifest-only           - downloads a human readable manifest for any depots that would be downloaded.");
             Console.WriteLine("  -cellid <#>              - the overridden CellID of the content server to download from.");
             Console.WriteLine("  -max-servers <#>         - maximum number of content servers to use. (default: 20).");
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a0740d05..12f455120 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Parameter               | Description
 `-all-platforms`		| downloads all platform-specific depots when `-app` is used.
 `-os <os>`				| the operating system for which to download the game (windows, macos or linux, default: OS the program is currently running on)
 `-osarch <arch>`		| the architecture for which to download the game (32 or 64, default: the host's architecture)
-`-all-archs`				| download all architecture-specific depots when `-app` is used.
+`-all-archs`			| download all architecture-specific depots when `-app` is used.
 `-all-languages`		| download all language-specific depots when `-app` is used.
 `-language <lang>`		| the language for which to download the game (default: english)
 `-lowviolence`			| download low violence depots when `-app` is used.
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Parameter               | Description
 `-password <pass>`		| the password of the account to login to for restricted content.
 `-remember-password`	| if set, remember the password for subsequent logins of this user. (Use `-username <username> -remember-password` as login credentials)
 `-dir <installdir>`     | the directory in which to place downloaded files.
-`-filelist <file.txt>`	| a list of files to download (from the manifest). Prefix file path with `regex:` if you want to match with regex.
+`-filelist <file.txt>`	| the name of a local file that contains a list of files to download (from the manifest). prefix file path with `regex:` if you want to match with regex. each file path should be on their own line.
 `-validate`				| Include checksum verification of files already downloaded
 `-manifest-only`		| downloads a human readable manifest for any depots that would be downloaded.
 `-cellid <#>`			| the overridden CellID of the content server to download from.