diff --git a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
index 598d03b0c9f5db75542e49f0e3724a7d6defc201..cb93aceaa0a498344d7cafc885c2d4cff4f8be98 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
+++ b/src/syncterm/syncterm.c
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		"       A = ANSI mode\r\n"
         "-v# =  set video mode to # (default=auto)\r\n"
         "-l# =  set screen lines to # (default=auto-detect)\r\n"
+		"\r\n"
+		"URL format is: (rlogin|telnet)://[user[:password]@]domainname[:port]\r\n";
+		"examples: rlogin://deuce:password@nix.synchro.net:5885\r\n";
+		"          telnet://deuce@nix.synchro.net\r\n";
+		"          telnet://nix.synchro.net\r\n";
         );
     exit(0);
 }