diff --git a/README b/README
index e0579ea6..4202ed04 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -127,9 +127,10 @@ ryandewhurst at gmail
 
 --wp-plugins-dir <wp plugins dir>  Same thing than --wp-content-dir but for the plugins directory. If not supplied, WPScan will use wp-content-dir/plugins. Subdirectories are allowed
 
---proxy  Supply a proxy in the format host:port or protocol://host:port (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json). HTTP, SOCKS4 SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 are supported. If no protocol is given (format host:port), HTTP will be used
+--proxy <[protocol://]host:port>  Supply a proxy (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
+                                  HTTP, SOCKS4 SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 are supported. If no protocol is given (format host:port), HTTP will be used
 
---proxy-auth Supply the proxy login credentials in the format username:password (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
+--proxy-auth <username:password>  Supply the proxy login credentials (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
 
 --basic-auth <username:password>  Set the HTTP Basic authentification
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1efcadab..cb49c8dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ Prerequisites:
 
     --wp-plugins-dir <wp plugins dir>  Same thing than --wp-content-dir but for the plugins directory. If not supplied, WPScan will use wp-content-dir/plugins. Subdirectories are allowed
 
-    --proxy  Supply a proxy in the format host:port or protocol://host:port (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
-             HTTP, SOCKS4 SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 are supported. If no protocol is given (format host:port), HTTP will be used
+    --proxy <[protocol://]host:port>  Supply a proxy (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
+                                      HTTP, SOCKS4 SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 are supported. If no protocol is given (format host:port), HTTP will be used
 
-    --proxy-auth Supply the proxy login credentials in the format username:password (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
+    --proxy-auth <username:password>  Supply the proxy login credentials (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json).
 
     --basic-auth <username:password>  Set the HTTP Basic authentification
 
diff --git a/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb b/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb
index bbcd57fc..47b52592 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/wpscan_helper.rb
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ def help()
   puts "--follow-redirection  If the target url has a redirection, it will be followed without asking if you wanted to do so or not"
   puts "--wp-content-dir <wp content dir>  WPScan try to find the content directory (ie wp-content) by scanning the index page, however you can specified it. Subdirectories are allowed"
   puts "--wp-plugins-dir <wp plugins dir>  Same thing than --wp-content-dir but for the plugins directory. If not supplied, WPScan will use wp-content-dir/plugins. Subdirectories are allowed"
-  puts "--proxy  Supply a proxy in the format host:port or protocol://host:port (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json)."
-  puts "         HTTP, SOCKS4 SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 are supported. If no protocol is given (format host:port), HTTP will be used"
-  puts "--proxy-auth Supply the proxy login credentials in the format username:password (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json)."
+  puts "--proxy <[protocol://]host:port> Supply a proxy (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json)."
+  puts "                                 HTTP, SOCKS4 SOCKS4A and SOCKS5 are supported. If no protocol is given (format host:port), HTTP will be used"
+  puts "--proxy-auth <username:password>  Supply the proxy login credentials (will override the one from conf/browser.conf.json)."
   puts "--basic-auth <username:password>  Set the HTTP Basic authentification"
   puts "--wordlist | -w <wordlist>  Supply a wordlist for the password bruter and do the brute."
   puts "--threads  | -t <number of threads>  The number of threads to use when multi-threading requests. (will override the value from conf/browser.conf.json)"