diff --git a/core/commands/root.go b/core/commands/root.go
index d74e4c12736e558aa7ad486caf26823d4c94ae6c..f303a9411364ed2391906ae4097b3d4aeea29094 100644
--- a/core/commands/root.go
+++ b/core/commands/root.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const (
 var Root = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmdkit.HelpText{
 		Tagline:  "Global p2p merkle-dag filesystem.",
-		Synopsis: "ipfs [--config=<config> | -c] [--debug=<debug> | -D] [--help=<help>] [-h=<h>] [--local=<local> | -L] [--api=<api>] [--recursive | -r] [--encoding=<enc>| --enc] [--timeout=<time>] <command> ...",
+		Synopsis: "ipfs [--config=<config> | -c] [--debug=<debug> | -D] [--help=<help>] [-h=<h>] [--local=<local> | -L] [--api=<api>] [--encoding=<enc>| --enc] [--stream-channels=<stream-channels>] [--timeout=<time>] <command> ...",
 		Subcommands: `
 BASIC COMMANDS
   init          Initialize ipfs local configuration