diff --git a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_help.c b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_help.c
index 868fa8c51aafb5d127b7eaf2f671685a93bf6d06..f1489be6b5f62ff00a5fd444b74c066a506d0269 100644
--- a/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_help.c
+++ b/src/lib66/exec/ssexec_help.c
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ char const *help_service_signal =
 "options:\n"
 "   -h: print this help\n"
 "   -wu: do not exit until the service is up\n"
-"   -wU: do not exit until the service is up and ready as notified by the daemon itself\n"
+"   -wU: do not exit until the service is up and ready and has notified readiness\n"
 "   -wd: do not exit until the service is down\n"
-"   -wD: do not exit until the service is down and ready to be brought up\n"
+"   -wD: do not exit until the service is down and ready to be brought up and has notified readiness\n"
 "   -wr: do not exit until the service has been started or restarted\n"
 "   -wR: do not exit until the service has been started or restarted and has notified readiness\n"
 "   -a: send a SIGALRM signal\n"
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ char const *help_service_signal =
 "   -o: once. Equivalent to '-uO'\n"
 "   -d: send a SIGTERM signal then a SIGCONT signal\n"
 "   -D: bring down service and avoid to be bring it up automatically\n"
-"   -u: bing up service\n"
+"   -u: bring up service\n"
 "   -U: bring up service and ensure that service can be restarted automatically\n"
 "   -x: bring down the service and propagate to its supervisor\n"
 "   -O : mark the service to run once at most\n"