diff --git a/tldp/doctypes/docbook4xml.py b/tldp/doctypes/docbook4xml.py
index ac81af3..cfd3107 100644
--- a/tldp/doctypes/docbook4xml.py
+++ b/tldp/doctypes/docbook4xml.py
@@ -28,25 +28,25 @@ def xslprint_finder():
 def config_fragment(p):
     p.add_argument('--docbook4xml-xslchunk', type=str,
                    default=xslchunk_finder(),
-                   help='full path to LDP HTML section chunker XSL')
+                   help='full path to LDP HTML section chunker XSL [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbook4xml-xslsingle', type=str,
                    default=xslsingle_finder(),
-                   help='full path to LDP HTML single-page XSL')
+                   help='full path to LDP HTML single-page XSL [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbook4xml-xslprint', type=str,
                    default=xslprint_finder(),
-                   help='full path to LDP FO print XSL')
+                   help='full path to LDP FO print XSL [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbook4xml-xsltproc', type=which,
                    default=which('xsltproc'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable xsltproc')
+                   help='full path to xsltproc [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbook4xml-html2text', type=which,
                    default=which('html2text'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable html2text')
+                   help='full path to html2text [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbook4xml-fop', type=which,
                    default=which('fop'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable fop')
+                   help='full path to fop [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbook4xml-dblatex', type=which,
                    default=which('dblatex'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable dblatex')
+                   help='full path to dblatex [%(default)s]')
 
 
 class Docbook4XML(SignatureChecker):
diff --git a/tldp/doctypes/docbook5xml.py b/tldp/doctypes/docbook5xml.py
index db2eeb9..cf16bdf 100644
--- a/tldp/doctypes/docbook5xml.py
+++ b/tldp/doctypes/docbook5xml.py
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ from .common import SignatureChecker
 def config_fragment(p):
     p.add_argument('--docbook5xml-xsltproc', type=which,
                    default=which('xsltproc'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable xsltproc')
+                   help='full path to xsltproc [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbook5xml-html2text', type=which,
                    default=which('html2text'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable html2text')
+                   help='full path to html2text [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbook5xml-fop', type=which,
                    default=which('fop'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable fop')
+                   help='full path to fop [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbook5xml-dblatex', type=which,
                    default=which('dblatex'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable dblatex')
+                   help='full path to dblatex [%(default)s]')
 
 
 class Docbook5XML(SignatureChecker):
diff --git a/tldp/doctypes/docbooksgml.py b/tldp/doctypes/docbooksgml.py
index 4c94ee1..2402b71 100644
--- a/tldp/doctypes/docbooksgml.py
+++ b/tldp/doctypes/docbooksgml.py
@@ -23,25 +23,25 @@ def ldpdsl_finder():
 def config_fragment(p):
     p.add_argument('--docbooksgml-docbookdsl', type=str,
                    default=docbookdsl_finder(),
-                   help='full path to html/docbook.dsl')
+                   help='full path to html/docbook.dsl [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbooksgml-ldpdsl', type=str,
                    default=ldpdsl_finder(),
-                   help='full path to ldp/ldp.dsl')
+                   help='full path to ldp/ldp.dsl [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbooksgml-jw', type=which,
                    default=which('jw'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable jw')
+                   help='full path to jw [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbooksgml-html2text', type=which,
                    default=which('html2text'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable html2text')
+                   help='full path to html2text [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbooksgml-openjade', type=which,
                    default=which('openjade'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable openjade')
+                   help='full path to openjade [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbooksgml-dblatex', type=which,
                    default=which('dblatex'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable dblatex')
+                   help='full path to dblatex [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--docbooksgml-collateindex', type=which,
                    default=which('collateindex'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable collateindex')
+                   help='full path to collateindex [%(default)s]')
 
 
 class DocbookSGML(SignatureChecker):
diff --git a/tldp/doctypes/linuxdoc.py b/tldp/doctypes/linuxdoc.py
index 2dd5348..8daf1a1 100644
--- a/tldp/doctypes/linuxdoc.py
+++ b/tldp/doctypes/linuxdoc.py
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ from .common import BaseDoctype, SignatureChecker
 def config_fragment(p):
     p.add_argument('--linuxdoc-sgml2html', type=str,
                    default=which('sgml2html'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable sgml2html')
+                   help='full path to sgml2html [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--linuxdoc-html2text', type=str,
                    default=which('html2text'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable html2text')
+                   help='full path to html2text [%(default)s]')
     p.add_argument('--linuxdoc-htmldoc', type=str,
                    default=which('htmldoc'),
-                   help='fully qualified path to executable htmldoc')
+                   help='full path to htmldoc [%(default)s]')
 
 
 class Linuxdoc(BaseDoctype, SignatureChecker):