diff --git a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_help.c b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_help.c
index e0a12e603d6e6cbfa2dae3ed7d26f7698726f8e5..1ba8800b2306d3d08e8e6c4dc6068249764bc4b9 100644
--- a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_help.c
+++ b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_help.c
@@ -297,21 +297,21 @@ char const *help_signal =
 char const *usage_tree_wrapper = "66 tree [ -h ] create|admin|remove|enable|disable|current|status|resolve|start|stop|free [<subcommand options>] tree" ;
 
 char const *help_tree_wrapper =
-"\nmain sub tools to manages trees\n"
+"\nmain subcommands to manages trees\n"
 "\n"
 "options:\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
 "\n"
 "subcommand:\n"
-"   create: create tree\n"
-"   admin: manage tree\n"
-"   remove: remove tree\n"
-"   enable: activate tree for the next boot\n"
+"   create: creates a new tree\n"
+"   admin: manages tree\n"
+"   remove: removes tree\n"
+"   enable: activates tree for the next boot\n"
 "   disable: deactivate tree for the next boot\n"
 "   current: mark tree as current\n"
-"   status: display information about tree\n"
-"   resolve: display resolve file of tree\n"
-"   start: bring up all services from tree\n"
+"   status: displays information about tree\n"
+"   resolve: displays resolve file of tree\n"
+"   start: bring up all enabled services from tree\n"
 "   stop: bring down all services from tree\n"
 "   free: bring down and unsupervise all services from tree\n"
 "\n"
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ char const *help_tree_create =
 "\n"
 "options:\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
-"   -o: colon separated list of options\n"
+"   -o: list of options separated by colons\n"
 "\n"
 "valid fields for -o options are:\n"
 "\n"
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ char const *help_tree_admin =
 "\n"
 "options:\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
-"   -o: colon separated list of options\n"
+"   -o: list of options separated by colons\n"
 "\n"
 "valid fields for -o options are:\n"
 "\n"
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ char const *help_tree_unsupervise =
 char const *usage_scandir_wrapper = "66 scandir [ -h ] [ -o owner ] create|remove|start|stop|reconfigure|rescan|quit|halt|abort|nuke|annihilate|zombies [<command options>]" ;
 
 char const *help_scandir_wrapper =
-"\nmain sub tools to manage scandir\n"
+"\nmain subcommands to manage scandir\n"
 "\n"
 "options :\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"