diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 282a2b9..dc5b299 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Usage information is printed with `-h`.
 ```
 Usage: endlessh [-vh] [-d MS] [-f CONFIG] [-l LEN] [-m LIMIT] [-p PORT]
   -d INT    Message millisecond delay [10000]
-  -f        Set config file [/etc/endlessh/config]
+  -f        Set and load config file [/etc/endlessh/config]
   -h        Print this help message and exit
   -l INT    Maximum banner line length (3-255) [32]
   -m INT    Maximum number of clients [4096]
diff --git a/endlessh.c b/endlessh.c
index 4d806f7..b952fca 100644
--- a/endlessh.c
+++ b/endlessh.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ usage(FILE *f)
                                "[-m LIMIT] [-p PORT]\n");
     fprintf(f, "  -d INT    Message millisecond delay ["
             XSTR(DEFAULT_DELAY) "]\n");
-    fprintf(f, "  -f        Set config file ["
+    fprintf(f, "  -f        Set and load config file ["
             DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE "]\n");
     fprintf(f, "  -h        Print this help message and exit\n");
     fprintf(f, "  -l INT    Maximum banner line length (3-255) ["