diff --git a/other/examples/remote/chroot/copy b/other/examples/remote/chroot/copy
index 528a5faf..8f8cb680 100755
--- a/other/examples/remote/chroot/copy
+++ b/other/examples/remote/chroot/copy
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # to a remote target host.
 #
 # Usage:
-#  __remote_copy="/path/to/this/script /path/to/your/chroot" cdist config target-id
+#  cdist config --remote-copy "/path/to/this/script /path/to/your/chroot" target-id
 #
 
 log() {
diff --git a/other/examples/remote/chroot/exec b/other/examples/remote/chroot/exec
index 19e76b0e..4637f918 100755
--- a/other/examples/remote/chroot/exec
+++ b/other/examples/remote/chroot/exec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # on a remote target host.
 #
 # Usage:
-#  __remote_exec="/path/to/this/script /path/to/your/chroot" cdist config target-id
+#  cdist config --remote-exec "/path/to/this/script /path/to/your/chroot" target-id
 #
 
 log() {
diff --git a/other/examples/remote/schroot-uri b/other/examples/remote/schroot-uri
index 9819c5a5..5b50a195 100755
--- a/other/examples/remote/schroot-uri
+++ b/other/examples/remote/schroot-uri
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 # __remote_{exec,copy} script to run cdist against a schroot target uri
 #
 # Usage:
-#  __remote_exec="/path/to/this/script exec" cdist config target_uri
-#  __remote_copy="/path/to/this/script copy" cdist config target_uri
+#  cdist config \
+#     --remote-exec "/path/to/this/script exec" \
+#     --remote-copy "/path/to/this/script copy" \
+#     target_uri
 #
 # # target_uri examples:
 # schroot:///chroot-name
diff --git a/other/examples/remote/schroot/copy b/other/examples/remote/schroot/copy
index 3587a4f2..cbd45573 100755
--- a/other/examples/remote/schroot/copy
+++ b/other/examples/remote/schroot/copy
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # __remote_copy script to run cdist against a chroot on the target host over ssh.
 #
 # Usage:
-#  __remote_copy="/path/to/this/script schroot-chroot-name" cdist config target_host
+#  cdist config --remote-copy "/path/to/this/script schroot-chroot-name" target_host
 #
 
 log() {
diff --git a/other/examples/remote/schroot/exec b/other/examples/remote/schroot/exec
index 5b561de0..2510fd22 100755
--- a/other/examples/remote/schroot/exec
+++ b/other/examples/remote/schroot/exec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # __remote_exec script to run cdist against a chroot on the target host over ssh.
 #
 # Usage:
-#  __remote_exec="/path/to/this/script schroot-chroot-name" cdist config target_host
+#  cdist config --remote-exec "/path/to/this/script schroot-chroot-name" target_host
 #
 
 log() {
diff --git a/other/examples/remote/ssh/copy b/other/examples/remote/ssh/copy
index 0ecd8c52..5b0ed324 100755
--- a/other/examples/remote/ssh/copy
+++ b/other/examples/remote/ssh/copy
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # same as cdist default
 #
 # Usage:
-#  __remote_copy="/path/to/this/script" cdist config target_host
+#  cdist config --remote-copy "/path/to/this/script" target_host
 #
 
 #echo "$@" | logger -t "cdist-ssh-copy"
diff --git a/other/examples/remote/ssh/exec b/other/examples/remote/ssh/exec
index b597a47f..2875c3fc 100755
--- a/other/examples/remote/ssh/exec
+++ b/other/examples/remote/ssh/exec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # same as cdist default
 #
 # Usage:
-#  __remote_exec="/path/to/this/script" cdist config target_host
+#  cdist config --remote-exec "/path/to/this/script" target_host
 #
 
 #echo "$@" | logger -t "cdist-ssh-exec"