diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 0482d2bab8..b5a0eb8721 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dbbatchsize", strprintf("Maximum database write batch size in bytes (default: %u)", nDefaultDbBatchSize));
     }
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dbcache=<n>", strprintf(_("Set database cache size in megabytes (%d to %d, default: %d)"), nMinDbCache, nMaxDbCache, nDefaultDbCache));
-    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-debuglogfile=<file>", strprintf(_("Specify location of debug log file. Relative paths will be prefixed by a net-specific datadir location. (default: %s)"), DEFAULT_DEBUGLOGFILE));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-debuglogfile=<file>", strprintf(_("Specify location of debug log file. Relative paths will be prefixed by a net-specific datadir location. (0 to disable; default: %s)"), DEFAULT_DEBUGLOGFILE));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-loadblock=<file>", _("Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file on startup"));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxorphantxsize=<n>", strprintf(_("Maximum total size of all orphan transactions in megabytes (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS_SIZE));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxmempool=<n>", strprintf(_("Keep the transaction memory pool below <n> megabytes (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MAX_MEMPOOL_SIZE));
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     }
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxtxfee=<amt>", strprintf(_("Maximum total fees (in %s) to use in a single wallet transaction or raw transaction; setting this too low may abort large transactions (default: %s)"),
         CURRENCY_UNIT, FormatMoney(DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MAXFEE)));
-    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-printtoconsole", _("Send trace/debug info to console instead of debug.log file"));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-printtoconsole", _("Send trace/debug info to console (default: 1 when no -daemon. To disable logging to file, set debuglogfile=0)"));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-printtodebuglog", strprintf(_("Send trace/debug info to debug.log file (default: %u)"), 1));
     if (showDebug)
     {