diff --git a/bin/nova-ajax-console-proxy b/bin/nova-ajax-console-proxy
index 392b328b..1e11c6d5 100755
--- a/bin/nova-ajax-console-proxy
+++ b/bin/nova-ajax-console-proxy
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ from nova import utils
 from nova import wsgi
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
-
 flags.DEFINE_integer('ajax_console_idle_timeout', 300,
                      'Seconds before idle connection destroyed')
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpFlag())
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpshortFlag())
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpXMLFlag())
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger('nova.ajax_console_proxy')
 LOG.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
diff --git a/bin/nova-api b/bin/nova-api
index d5efb468..cf140570 100755
--- a/bin/nova-api
+++ b/bin/nova-api
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ flags.DEFINE_integer('ec2_listen_port', 8773, 'port for ec2 api to listen')
 flags.DEFINE_string('osapi_listen', "0.0.0.0",
                     'IP address for OpenStack API to listen')
 flags.DEFINE_integer('osapi_listen_port', 8774, 'port for os api to listen')
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpFlag())
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpshortFlag())
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpXMLFlag())
 
 API_ENDPOINTS = ['ec2', 'osapi']
 
diff --git a/bin/nova-direct-api b/bin/nova-direct-api
index 6c63bd26..bf29d9a5 100755
--- a/bin/nova-direct-api
+++ b/bin/nova-direct-api
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ from nova.compute import api as compute_api
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 flags.DEFINE_integer('direct_port', 8001, 'Direct API port')
 flags.DEFINE_string('direct_host', '0.0.0.0', 'Direct API host')
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpFlag())
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpshortFlag())
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpXMLFlag())
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     utils.default_flagfile()
diff --git a/bin/nova-manage b/bin/nova-manage
index 5189de0e..b603c8b0 100755
--- a/bin/nova-manage
+++ b/bin/nova-manage
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ flags.DECLARE('network_size', 'nova.network.manager')
 flags.DECLARE('vlan_start', 'nova.network.manager')
 flags.DECLARE('vpn_start', 'nova.network.manager')
 flags.DECLARE('fixed_range_v6', 'nova.network.manager')
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpFlag())
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpshortFlag())
+flags.DEFINE_flag(flags.HelpXMLFlag())
 
 
 def param2id(object_id):