diff --git a/netem.py b/netem.py
index 1e3456f80a3876d70c78ee83966b3abf52eca751..d17ff56f37ab28b169885a92ef09e276ddb43783 100755
--- a/netem.py
+++ b/netem.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ parser.add_argument('-B', '--bandwidth',
                     help='bandwidth to set'
                     )
 parser.add_argument('-D', '--delay',
-                    dest='delay',
+                    dest='delay (in milliseconds)',
                     help='link latency'
                     )
 parser.add_argument('-L', '--loss',
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ if args.bandwidth is not None:
     cmd.append(str(args.bandwidth))
 if args.loss is not None:
     cmd.append("loss")
+    cmd.append("random")
     cmd.append(str(args.loss))
 
 subprocess.check_output(cmd,stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)