diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/psh b/xCAT-client/bin/psh
index 23ed4a08f..4ce61652f 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/psh
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/psh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if (!GetOptions(
   "nonodecheck" => \$::NONODECHECK,  #does not check the noderange, in this case, noderange need to be a list of nodes.
   'h|help' => \$help,
   ) || $help || scalar(@ARGV)<2 ) {
-  print "Usage: psh [-i <interface>] [-l <user>] [-f <fanout>] <noderange> <command>\n";
+  print "Usage: psh [-i <interface>] [-l <user>] [-f <fanout>] [--nonodecheck] <noderange> <command>\n";
   exit;
 }
 my %nodehdl;
diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/psh.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/psh.1.pod
index 100f34e7c..a2a48c313 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/psh.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/psh.1.pod
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ rently  executing  remote shell processes.
 Log into the nodes as the specified username.  The default is to use the same username as you
 are running the psh command as.
 
+=item B<-n|--nonodecheck>
+
+Do not send the noderange to xcatd to expand it into a list of nodes.  Instead, use the noderange exactly as it is specified.
+In this case, the noderange must be a simple list of comma-separated hostnames of the nodes.
+This allows you to run B<psh> even when xcatd is not running.
+
 =item B<noderange>
 
 See L<noderange(3)|noderange.3>.