diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/mktoolscenter b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/mktoolscenter
index 65f93e22b..61752ce68 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/mktoolscenter
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/tools/mktoolscenter
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ my %Options = ('interactive',"yes",'warnings','','log',"yes",'dump',"yes");
 my @warnings;
 my $logfile = DEFAULT_LOG_FILE;
 my $now = localtime;
+my $help;
 
 #
 # print a warning and wait a bit if warnings are enabled
@@ -136,6 +137,23 @@ sub question {
   return $reply;
 }
 
+sub usage {
+  print "Usage: mktoolscenter\n";
+  print "  --ph <proxyhost>\n";
+  print "  --pp <proxyport>\n";
+  print "  --puser <proxyuser>\n";
+  print "  --ppw <proxypassword>\n";
+  print "  -l <logfile>\n";
+  print "  -s\n";
+  print "  --nfsserver <NFS server address>\n";
+  print "  --nfspath <NFS server path>\n";
+  print "  --profilename <profile name>\n";
+  print "  --help\n\n";
+  print "Updates IBM system x server hardware using IBM Bootable Media Creator.\n\n";
+  print "Author:  Jim Turner\n";
+}
+
+
 #
 # Begin main
 #
@@ -147,21 +165,14 @@ unless (GetOptions("s"=>\$surrogate, "l=s"=>\$logfile,
 	"ph=s"=>\$proxy{host}, "pp=i"=>\$proxy{port}, 
 	"puser=s"=>\$proxy{user}, "ppw=s"=>\$proxy{pw},
 	"nfsserver=s"=>\$nfsserver,"nfspath=s"=>\$nfspath,
-	"profilename=s"=>\$profilename,
+	"profilename=s"=>\$profilename, "help"=>\$help,
 )) {
-	printf "Usage:\n";
-	printf "--ph <proxyhost>\n";
-	printf "--pp <proxyport>\n";
-	printf "--puser <proxyuser>\n";
-	printf "--ppw <proxypassword>\n";
-	printf "-l <logfile>\n";
-	printf "-s\n";
-	printf "--nfsserver <NFS server address>\n";
-	printf "--nfspath <NFS server path>\n";
-	printf "--profilename <profile name>\n";
+  usage();
 	exit(1);
 }
 
+if ($help) { usage(); exit 0; }
+
 if (@ARGV > 0) {
         open(IN,"<",@ARGV[0]) || die "Cannot open input file @ARGV[0]";
         $Options{interactive} = '';