diff --git a/swiftclient/shell.py b/swiftclient/shell.py
index 9fd7aac8..e6075c78 100755
--- a/swiftclient/shell.py
+++ b/swiftclient/shell.py
@@ -884,7 +884,8 @@ st_upload_options = '''[--changed] [--skip-identical] [--segment-size <size>]
                     <container> <file_or_directory> [<file_or_directory>] [...]
 '''
 
-st_upload_help = ''' Uploads specified files and directories to the given container.
+st_upload_help = '''
+Uploads specified files and directories to the given container.
 
 Positional arguments:
   <container>           Name of container to upload to.
@@ -1121,7 +1122,8 @@ def st_upload(parser, args, output_manager):
             output_manager.error(e.value)
 
 
-st_capabilities_options = "[--json] [<proxy_url>]"
+st_capabilities_options = '''[--json] [<proxy_url>]
+'''
 st_info_options = st_capabilities_options
 st_capabilities_help = '''
 Retrieve capability of the proxy.
@@ -1221,7 +1223,8 @@ def st_auth(parser, args, thread_manager):
 
 
 st_tempurl_options = '''[--absolute]
-                     <method> <seconds> <path> <key>'''
+                     <method> <seconds> <path> <key>
+'''
 
 
 st_tempurl_help = '''
@@ -1329,9 +1332,12 @@ def parse_args(parser, args, enforce_requires=True):
             logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 
     if args and options.get('help'):
-        _help = globals().get('st_%s_help' % args[0],
-                              "no help for %s" % args[0])
-        print(_help)
+        _help = globals().get('st_%s_help' % args[0])
+        _options = globals().get('st_%s_options' % args[0], "\n")
+        if _help:
+            print("Usage: %s %s %s\n%s" % (BASENAME, args[0], _options, _help))
+        else:
+            print("no such command: %s" % args[0])
         exit()
 
     # Short circuit for tempurl, which doesn't need auth
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_shell.py b/tests/unit/test_shell.py
index 9408e73d..00677dfe 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_shell.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_shell.py
@@ -1688,18 +1688,21 @@ class TestSubcommandHelp(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_subcommand_help(self):
         for command in swiftclient.shell.commands:
             help_var = 'st_%s_help' % command
+            options_var = 'st_%s_options' % command
             self.assertTrue(hasattr(swiftclient.shell, help_var))
             with CaptureOutput() as out:
                 argv = ['', command, '--help']
                 self.assertRaises(SystemExit, swiftclient.shell.main, argv)
-            expected = vars(swiftclient.shell)[help_var]
+            expected = 'Usage: swift %s %s\n%s' % (
+                command, vars(swiftclient.shell).get(options_var, "\n"),
+                vars(swiftclient.shell)[help_var])
             self.assertEqual(out.strip('\n'), expected)
 
     def test_no_help(self):
         with CaptureOutput() as out:
             argv = ['', 'bad_command', '--help']
             self.assertRaises(SystemExit, swiftclient.shell.main, argv)
-        expected = 'no help for bad_command'
+        expected = 'no such command: bad_command'
         self.assertEqual(out.strip('\n'), expected)