diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 831a6ab..34c5a49 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ API calls.
       Use "-f -" to work on stdout when creating archive or stdin when reading archive
     --compressor <full_compress_cmd> : requires --decompressor
     --decompressor <full_decompress_cmd> : requires --compressor
-      Specifying "--decompressor" when extracting overrides archive file's stored decompressor
+      Specifying "--decompressor" when extracting overrides archive file's stored decompressor cmd
     --overwrite-create : allows overwriting an archive file
     --overwrite-extract : allows overwriting when extracting
     --no-abs-symlink : do not store absolute paths for symlinks
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index d164618..bb7c8c0 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void simple_archiver_print_usage(void) {
           "--decompressor <full_decompress_cmd> : requires --compressor\n");
   fprintf(stderr,
           "  Specifying \"--decompressor\" when extracting overrides archive "
-          "file's stored decompressor\n");
+          "file's stored decompressor cmd\n");
   fprintf(stderr, "--overwrite-create : allows overwriting an archive file\n");
   fprintf(stderr, "--overwrite-extract : allows overwriting when extracting\n");
   fprintf(stderr,