diff --git a/netem.py b/netem.py
index d17ff56f37ab28b169885a92ef09e276ddb43783..208c567f5574610be3d9f075137c2f0798fb4720 100755
--- a/netem.py
+++ b/netem.py
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ parser.add_argument('-d', '--device',
                     )
 parser.add_argument('-B', '--bandwidth',
                     dest='bandwidth',
-                    help='bandwidth to set'
+                    help='bandwidth to set (in units like kbit, Mbit, etc)'
                     )
 parser.add_argument('-D', '--delay',
-                    dest='delay (in milliseconds)',
-                    help='link latency'
+                    dest='delay',
+                    help='link latency (in milliseconds)'
                     )
 parser.add_argument('-L', '--loss',
                     dest='loss',