diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index adfe69bf..9dfaff4b 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context, version string) {
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&input.secrets, "secret", "s", []string{}, "secret to make available to actions with optional value (e.g. -s mysecret=foo or -s mysecret)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&input.envs, "env", "", []string{}, "env to make available to actions with optional value (e.g. --env myenv=foo or --env myenv)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&input.platforms, "platform", "P", []string{}, "custom image to use per platform (e.g. -P ubuntu-18.04=nektos/act-environments-ubuntu:18.04)")
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&input.reuseContainers, "reuse", "r", false, "reuse action containers to maintain state")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&input.reuseContainers, "reuse", "r", false, "don't remove container(s) on successfully completed workflow(s) to maintain state between runs")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&input.bindWorkdir, "bind", "b", false, "bind working directory to container, rather than copy")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&input.forcePull, "pull", "p", false, "pull docker image(s) even if already present")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&input.forceRebuild, "rebuild", "", false, "rebuild local action docker image(s) even if already present")
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func Execute(ctx context.Context, version string) {
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&input.useGitIgnore, "use-gitignore", true, "Controls whether paths specified in .gitignore should be copied into container")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&input.containerCapAdd, "container-cap-add", "", []string{}, "kernel capabilities to add to the workflow containers (e.g. --container-cap-add SYS_PTRACE)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&input.containerCapDrop, "container-cap-drop", "", []string{}, "kernel capabilities to remove from the workflow containers (e.g. --container-cap-drop SYS_PTRACE)")
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&input.autoRemove, "rm", false, "automatically remove containers just before exit")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&input.autoRemove, "rm", false, "automatically remove container(s)/volume(s) after a workflow(s) failure")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&input.actor, "actor", "a", "nektos/act", "user that triggered the event")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&input.workflowsPath, "workflows", "W", "./.github/workflows/", "path to workflow file(s)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&input.noWorkflowRecurse, "no-recurse", "", false, "Flag to disable running workflows from subdirectories of specified path in '--workflows'/'-W' flag")