diff --git a/weave b/weave
index d6b4a9ee..5cf1da6e 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ usage() {
     echo "weave stop"
     echo "weave stop-dns"
     echo "weave reset"
-    echo "weave rmpeer     <peerid>"
+    echo "weave rmpeer     <peer_id>"
     echo
-    echo "where <peer> is of the form <ip_address_or_fqdn>[:<port>], and"
-    echo "      <cidr> is of the form <ip_address>/<routing_prefix_length>"
-    echo "      <peerid> is a nickname or weave internal peer ID"
+    echo "where <peer>    is of the form <ip_address_or_fqdn>[:<port>], and"
+    echo "      <cidr>    is of the form <ip_address>/<routing_prefix_length>"
+    echo "      <peer_id> is a <nickname> or weave internal peer ID"
     exit 1
 }