diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/prsync.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/prsync.1.pod
index 190fbbbd4..431bc0c9f 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/prsync.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/prsync.1.pod
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ B<prsync> {B<-h>|B<--help>|B<-v>|B<--version>}
 B<prsync> is a front-end to rsync for a single or range  of  nodes  and/or
 groups in parallel.
 
-Note:  this command does not support the xcatd client/server communication and therefore must be run on the management node.
+Note:  this command does not support the xcatd client/server communication and therefore must be run on the management node. It does not support hierarchy, use xdcp -F to run rsync from the
+management node to the compute node via a service node
 
 B<prsync> is NOT multicast, but is parallel unicasts.
 
diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/pscp.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/pscp.1.pod
index 7f41ae022..5f686c070 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/pscp.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/pscp.1.pod
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ directories  to  a  single or range of nodes and/or groups in parallel.
 
 B<pscp> is a front-end to the remote copy B<scp>.
 
-Note:  this command does not support the xcatd client/server communication and therefore must be run on the management node.
+Note:  this command does not support the xcatd client/server communication and therefore must be run on the management node. It does not support hierarchy, use xdcp to run remote copy command from the
+management node to the compute node via a service node.
 
 B<pscp> is NOT multicast, but is parallel unicasts.
 
diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/psh.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/psh.1.pod
index 3470fccda..100f34e7c 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/psh.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/psh.1.pod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ psh - parallel remote shell
 
 =head1 B<Synopsis>
 
-B<psh> [B<-i> I<interface>] [B<-f> I<fanout>] [B<-l> I<user>] [B<--nonodecheck>] I<noderange> I<command>
+B<psh> [B<-i> I<interface>] [B<-f> I<fanout>] [B<-l> I<user>] I<noderange> I<command>
 
 B<psh> {B<-h>|B<--help>|B<-v>|B<--version>}
 
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ Note:
 
 This command does not run through xcatd like most xCAT commands do.
 This means you must either run it on the management node, or have a network connection between
-your machine and the nodes.
+your machine and the nodes. It does not support hierarchy, use xdsh to run remote command from the
+management node to the compute node via a service node. 
 
 B<psh> arguments need to precede noderange, otherwise, you will get unexpected errors.
 
@@ -42,12 +43,6 @@ 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<--nonodecheck>
-
-Do not contact the xCAT daemon to resolve the given noderange to a list of node names.  When
-using this option, the noderange you specify must be a comma-separated list of hostnames.  This
-allows you to run psh without xcatd or the xCAT-server package installed.
-
 =item B<noderange>
 
 See L<noderange(3)|noderange.3>.