diff --git a/go/flags/endtoend/vtbackup.txt b/go/flags/endtoend/vtbackup.txt
index 4702c3e3845..8f3811c58ec 100644
--- a/go/flags/endtoend/vtbackup.txt
+++ b/go/flags/endtoend/vtbackup.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ Usage of vtbackup:
       --mycnf_slow_log_path string                      mysql slow query log path
       --mycnf_socket_file string                        mysql socket file
       --mycnf_tmp_dir string                            mysql tmp directory
+      --mysql-shell-backup-location string              location where the backup will be stored
+      --mysql-shell-dump-flags string                   flags to pass to mysql shell dump utility. This should be a JSON string and will be saved in the MANIFEST (default "{\"threads\": 4}")
+      --mysql-shell-flags string                        execution flags to pass to mysqlsh binary to be used during dump/load (default "--defaults-file=/dev/null --js -h localhost")
+      --mysql-shell-load-flags string                   flags to pass to mysql shell load utility. This should be a JSON string (default "{\"threads\": 4, \"loadUsers\": true, \"updateGtidSet\": \"replace\", \"skipBinlog\": true, \"progressFile\": \"\"}")
+      --mysql-shell-should-drain                        decide if we should drain while taking a backup or continue to serving traffic
+      --mysql-shell-speedup-restore                     speed up restore by disabling redo logging and double write buffer during the restore process
       --mysql_port int                                  mysql port (default 3306)
       --mysql_server_version string                     MySQL server version to advertise.
       --mysql_socket string                             path to the mysql socket
diff --git a/go/flags/endtoend/vttablet.txt b/go/flags/endtoend/vttablet.txt
index 94f1170f7c3..c3b1fd8cb01 100644
--- a/go/flags/endtoend/vttablet.txt
+++ b/go/flags/endtoend/vttablet.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ Usage of vttablet:
       --mycnf_slow_log_path string                                                mysql slow query log path
       --mycnf_socket_file string                                                  mysql socket file
       --mycnf_tmp_dir string                                                      mysql tmp directory
+      --mysql-shell-backup-location string                                        location where the backup will be stored
+      --mysql-shell-dump-flags string                                             flags to pass to mysql shell dump utility. This should be a JSON string and will be saved in the MANIFEST (default "{\"threads\": 4}")
+      --mysql-shell-flags string                                                  execution flags to pass to mysqlsh binary to be used during dump/load (default "--defaults-file=/dev/null --js -h localhost")
+      --mysql-shell-load-flags string                                             flags to pass to mysql shell load utility. This should be a JSON string (default "{\"threads\": 4, \"loadUsers\": true, \"updateGtidSet\": \"replace\", \"skipBinlog\": true, \"progressFile\": \"\"}")
+      --mysql-shell-should-drain                                                  decide if we should drain while taking a backup or continue to serving traffic
+      --mysql-shell-speedup-restore                                               speed up restore by disabling redo logging and double write buffer during the restore process
       --mysql_server_version string                                               MySQL server version to advertise.
       --mysqlctl_mycnf_template string                                            template file to use for generating the my.cnf file during server init
       --mysqlctl_socket string                                                    socket file to use for remote mysqlctl actions (empty for local actions)
diff --git a/go/flags/endtoend/vttestserver.txt b/go/flags/endtoend/vttestserver.txt
index a5ebcb7cc82..071f9e69d98 100644
--- a/go/flags/endtoend/vttestserver.txt
+++ b/go/flags/endtoend/vttestserver.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ Usage of vttestserver:
       --logtostderr                                                      log to standard error instead of files
       --max_table_shard_size int                                         The maximum number of initial rows in a table shard. Ignored if--initialize_with_random_data is false. The actual number is chosen randomly (default 10000)
       --min_table_shard_size int                                         The minimum number of initial rows in a table shard. Ignored if--initialize_with_random_data is false. The actual number is chosen randomly. (default 1000)
+      --mysql-shell-backup-location string                               location where the backup will be stored
+      --mysql-shell-dump-flags string                                    flags to pass to mysql shell dump utility. This should be a JSON string and will be saved in the MANIFEST (default "{\"threads\": 4}")
+      --mysql-shell-flags string                                         execution flags to pass to mysqlsh binary to be used during dump/load (default "--defaults-file=/dev/null --js -h localhost")
+      --mysql-shell-load-flags string                                    flags to pass to mysql shell load utility. This should be a JSON string (default "{\"threads\": 4, \"loadUsers\": true, \"updateGtidSet\": \"replace\", \"skipBinlog\": true, \"progressFile\": \"\"}")
+      --mysql-shell-should-drain                                         decide if we should drain while taking a backup or continue to serving traffic
+      --mysql-shell-speedup-restore                                      speed up restore by disabling redo logging and double write buffer during the restore process
       --mysql_bind_host string                                           which host to bind vtgate mysql listener to (default "localhost")
       --mysql_only                                                       If this flag is set only mysql is initialized. The rest of the vitess components are not started. Also, the output specifies the mysql unix socket instead of the vtgate port.
       --mysql_server_version string                                      MySQL server version to advertise.