diff --git a/updater/depends_updater.py b/updater/depends_updater.py
index 6f36d7c..091493b 100755
--- a/updater/depends_updater.py
+++ b/updater/depends_updater.py
@@ -332,9 +332,8 @@ def update_depends_by_file(file, bioarch_path="BioArchLinux", bioc_min_ver="3.0"
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        prog='depends updater for BioArchLinux',
         description='update the depends of R packages from CRAN and Bioconductor automatically',
-        epilog='Text at the bottom of help'
+        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--file', help='The file that contains the pkgname to be archived, one pkgname per line')
diff --git a/updater/sync_meta_data.py b/updater/sync_meta_data.py
index 24df11e..02c8c4b 100755
--- a/updater/sync_meta_data.py
+++ b/updater/sync_meta_data.py
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     d = Downloader()
     download_path = os.getenv('BIO_META_PATH', 'bioc')
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        prog='R package metadata sync tool',
         description='Sync metadata of R packages from CRAN and Bioconductor to a local path',
+        formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '--path', help='The path to store the metadata files. '