diff --git a/statsdaemon.go b/statsdaemon.go
index 0734e39..4bf4f58 100644
--- a/statsdaemon.go
+++ b/statsdaemon.go
@@ -66,14 +66,15 @@ var (
 	flushInterval    = flag.Int64("flush-interval", 10, "Flush interval (seconds)")
 	debug            = flag.Bool("debug", false, "print statistics sent to graphite")
 	showVersion      = flag.Bool("version", false, "print version string")
-	persistCountKeys = flag.Int64("persist-count-keys", 60, "number of flush-interval's to persist count keys")
-	receiveCounter   = flag.String("receive-counter", "", "Metric name for total metrics recevied per interval")
+	persistCountKeys = flag.Int64("persist-count-keys", 60, "number of flush-intervals to persist count keys")
+	receiveCounter   = flag.String("receive-counter", "", "Metric name for total metrics received per interval")
 	percentThreshold = Percentiles{}
 	prefix           = flag.String("prefix", "", "Prefix for all stats")
 )
 
 func init() {
-	flag.Var(&percentThreshold, "percent-threshold", "Threshold percent (0-100, may be given multiple times)")
+	flag.Var(&percentThreshold, "percent-threshold",
+		"percentile calculation for timers (0-100, may be given multiple times)")
 }
 
 var (