diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
index 8207c42166f..22425c0e800 100644
--- a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-05-12  Gerald Pfeifer  <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
+
+	* gcc_release (usage): Print more detailed description of all
+	command-line options.
+
 2003-05-09  Gerald Pfeifer  <gerald@sourceware.org>
 
 	* update_version (ADD_BRANCHES): Add, set to MAIN and
diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
index 418899cbbab..c47ebbaf670 100755
--- a/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/gcc_release
@@ -64,12 +64,21 @@ inform() {
 
 usage() {
 cat <<EOF
-gcc_release     [-d destination]
-                [-u username]
-		[-r release]
-		[-t tag]
-		[-p previous-tarball]
-		[-s] [-f] [-l]
+gcc_release -r release [further options]
+gcc_release -s [further options]
+
+Options:
+
+  -r release           Version of the form X.Y or X.Y.Z.
+  -s                   Create a snapshot, not a real release.
+
+  -d destination       Local working directory where we will build the release
+                       (default=${HOME}).
+  -f                   Create a final release (and update ChangeLogs,...).
+  -l                   Indicate that we are running on gcc.gnu.org.
+  -p previous-tarball  Location of a previous tarball (to generate diff files).
+  -t tag               Tag to mark the release in CVS.
+  -u username          Username for upload operations.
 EOF
     exit 1
 }