diff --git a/src/cli/cli.js b/src/cli/cli.js
index 7520ad2964..015eb58a7d 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli.js
+++ b/src/cli/cli.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var defReporter = require("../reporters/default").reporter;
 
 var OPTIONS = {
 	"config": ["config", "Custom configuration file", "string", false ],
-	"reporter": ["reporter", "Custom reporter", "string", undefined ],
+	"reporter": ["reporter", "Custom reporter (<PATH>|jslint|checkstyle)", "string", undefined ],
 	"verbose": ["verbose", "Show message codes"],
 	"show-non-errors": ["show-non-errors", "Show additional data generated by jshint"],
 	"extra-ext": ["extra-ext",