diff --git a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/dcmd/DCmdStart.java b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/dcmd/DCmdStart.java
index 5c892104823..a97f8cff747 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/dcmd/DCmdStart.java
+++ b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/dcmd/DCmdStart.java
@@ -479,10 +479,10 @@ final class DCmdStart extends AbstractDCmd {
                 "Maximum amount of bytes to keep (on disk) in (k)B, (M)B or (G)B, e.g. 500M, or 0 for no limit",
                 "MEMORY SIZE", false, "250M", false),
             new Argument("flush-interval",
-                "Dump running recording when JVM shuts down",
+                "Minimum time before flushing buffers, measured in (s)econds, e.g. 4 s, or 0 for flushing when a recording ends",
                 "NANOTIME", false, "1s", false),
             new Argument("dumponexit",
-                "Minimum time before flushing buffers, measured in (s)econds, e.g. 4 s, or 0 for flushing when a recording ends",
+                "Dump running recording when JVM shuts down",
                 "BOOLEAN", false, "false", false),
             new Argument("path-to-gc-roots",
                 "Collect path to GC roots",
diff --git a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/dcmd/DCmdStop.java b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/dcmd/DCmdStop.java
index 4e7e935fb21..5d0abcd9fb6 100644
--- a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/dcmd/DCmdStop.java
+++ b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/dcmd/DCmdStop.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ final class DCmdStop extends AbstractDCmd {
     public Argument[] getArgumentInfos() {
         return new Argument[] {
             new Argument("name",
-                "Recording text,.e.g \\\"My Recording\\\"",
+                "Recording name, e.g. \\\"My Recording\\\"",
                 "STRING", true, null, false),
             new Argument("filename",
                 "Copy recording data to file, e.g. \\\"" + exampleFilename() +  "\\\"",