diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f879e4e..22eb799 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,25 @@ The secret and otp values can be printed and exported to json or csv. The QR cod
 3. Save the captured QR codes in a text file. Save each QR code on a new line. (The captured QR codes look like `otpauth-migration://offline?data=...`)
 4. Call this script with the file as input:
 
-        python extract_otp_secret_keys.py -p example_export.txt
+        python extract_otp_secret_keys.py example_export.txt
+
+## Program help: arguments and options
+
+<pre>
+usage: extract_otp_secret_keys.py [-h] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--saveqr] [--printqr] [--json JSON] [--csv CSV] infile
+
+positional arguments:
+  infile                file or - for stdin (default: -) with "otpauth-migration://..." URLs separated by newlines, lines starting with # are ignored
+
+options:
+  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
+  --verbose, -v         verbose output
+  --quiet, -q           no stdout output
+  --saveqr, -s          save QR code(s) as images to the "qr" subfolder (requires qrcode module)
+  --printqr, -p         print QR code(s) as text to the terminal (requires qrcode module)
+  --json JSON, -j JSON  export to json file
+  --csv CSV, -c CSV     export to csv file
+</pre>
 
 ## Dependencies
 
diff --git a/extract_otp_secret_keys.py b/extract_otp_secret_keys.py
index 6d049a8..388c491 100644
--- a/extract_otp_secret_keys.py
+++ b/extract_otp_secret_keys.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # 2. Read QR codes with QR code reader (e.g. with a second device)
 # 3. Save the captured QR codes in a text file. Save each QR code on a new line. (The captured QR codes look like "otpauth-migration://offline?data=...")
 # 4. Call this script with the file as input:
-#    python extract_otp_secret_keys.py -p example_export.txt
+#    python extract_otp_secret_keys.py example_export.txt
 #
 # Requirement:
 # The protobuf package of Google for proto3 is required for running this script.
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ def parse_args(sys_args):
     arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     arg_parser.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', help='verbose output', action='count')
     arg_parser.add_argument('--quiet', '-q', help='no stdout output', action='store_true')
-    arg_parser.add_argument('--saveqr', '-s', help='save QR code(s) as images to the "qr" subfolder', action='store_true')
-    arg_parser.add_argument('--printqr', '-p', help='print QR code(s) as text to the terminal', action='store_true')
+    arg_parser.add_argument('--saveqr', '-s', help='save QR code(s) as images to the "qr" subfolder (requires qrcode module)', action='store_true')
+    arg_parser.add_argument('--printqr', '-p', help='print QR code(s) as text to the terminal (requires qrcode module)', action='store_true')
     arg_parser.add_argument('--json', '-j', help='export to json file')
     arg_parser.add_argument('--csv', '-c', help='export to csv file')
     arg_parser.add_argument('infile', help='file or - for stdin (default: -) with "otpauth-migration://..." URLs separated by newlines, lines starting with # are ignored')