diff --git a/xCAT-client-2.0/pods/man1/packimage.1.pod b/xCAT-client-2.0/pods/man1/packimage.1.pod
index 49d8e74dc..86cefd124 100644
--- a/xCAT-client-2.0/pods/man1/packimage.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client-2.0/pods/man1/packimage.1.pod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ I<packimage [-h| --help]>
 I<packimage  [-v| --version]>
 
 
-I<packimage [-o OS] [ -p profile] [-a architecture]>
+I<packimage [-o OS] [ -p profile] [-a architecture] [-m method]>
 
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ B<-p>          Profile (compute,service)
 
 B<-a>          Architecture (ppc64,x86_64,etc) 
 
+B<-m>          Method (default cpio) 
+
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUE
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
index 8cb82d59b..013087ee4 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/packimage.pm
@@ -33,8 +33,18 @@ sub process_request {
       "profile|p=s" => \$profile,
       "arch|a=s" => \$arch,
       "osver|o=s" => \$osver,
-      "method|m=s" => \$method
+      "method|m=s" => \$method,
+      "help|h" => \$help,
+      "version|v" => \$version
       );
+   if ($version) {
+      $callback->({info=>["Version 2.0"]});
+      return;
+   }
+   if ($help) {
+      $callback->({info=>["packimage -h \npackimage -v \npackimage [-p profile] [-a architecture] [-o OS] [-m method]\n"]});
+      return;
+   }
    my $distname = $osver;
    until (-r  "$::XCATROOT/share/xcat/netboot/$distname/" or not $distname) {
       chop($distname);