diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a904b1..6e48db6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,24 @@ The included workflow that actually performs the backup can be manually run thro
 ## Usage
 
 ```sh
-$ /bin/bash scripts/backup.sh -r <repository> -b <branch> -d </path/to/data> [-n <commit limit>] [-v] [-x]
+$ scripts/backup.sh -h
+Usage: scripts/backup.sh [-r <repository url>] [-b <branch>] [-d <path dest>] [-n <num>] [-v] [-x] [-i] [-h]
+
+Ex: scripts/backup.sh \
+      -r https://github.com/descartes-underwriting/devops-technical-test-data.git \
+      -b main \
+      -d /home/mycroft/dev/private-backup/data
+
+Available flags:
+      -r <repository url> - set remote repository url (suffixed by .git) to backup
+      -b <branch> - branch to backup
+      -d </path/to/path> - where to backup; relative or absolute
+      -n <num> - number of commit to backup (default: unlimited)
+      -i - ignore tracking information - to restart from scratch
+      -v - verbose mode
+      -x - debug mode
+      -h - this help
+
 ```
 
 Ex:
diff --git a/scripts/backup.sh b/scripts/backup.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 580704e..61d828b
--- a/scripts/backup.sh
+++ b/scripts/backup.sh
@@ -45,8 +45,22 @@ do
             set -x
             ;;
         h)
-            echo "Usage: $0 [-r <repository url>] [-b <branch>] [-d <absolute path dest>] [-n <num>] [-v] [-x] [-h]"
-            echo "Ex: $0 -r $REPOSITORY -b $BRANCH -d $DATA_DIR"
+            echo "Usage: $0 [-r <repository url>] [-b <branch>] [-d <path dest>] [-n <num>] [-v] [-x] [-i] [-h]"
+            echo
+            echo "Ex: $0 \\"
+            echo "      -r $REPOSITORY \\"
+            echo "      -b $BRANCH \\"
+            echo "      -d $DATA_DIR"
+            echo
+            echo "Available flags:"
+            echo "      -r <repository url> - set remote repository url (suffixed by .git) to backup"
+            echo "      -b <branch> - branch to backup"
+            echo "      -d </path/to/path> - where to backup; relative or absolute"
+            echo "      -n <num> - number of commit to backup (default: unlimited)"
+            echo "      -i - ignore tracking information - to restart from scratch"
+            echo "      -v - verbose mode"
+            echo "      -x - debug mode"
+            echo "      -h - this help"
             exit 0
             ;;
         ?)