diff --git a/src/rc/rc-status.c b/src/rc/rc-status.c
index 04e8bd33..f0968516 100644
--- a/src/rc/rc-status.c
+++ b/src/rc/rc-status.c
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ print_services(const char *runlevel, RC_STRINGLIST *svcs)
 }
 
 #include "_usage.h"
-#define extraopts "[runlevel1] [runlevel2] ..."
+#define usagestring ""						\
+	"Usage: rc-status [options] <runlevel>...\n"		\
+	"   or: rc-status [options] [-a | -c | -l | -r | -s | -u]"
 #define getoptstring "aclrsu" getoptstring_COMMON
 static const struct option longopts[] = {
 	{"all",         0, NULL, 'a'},