diff --git a/build-support/factor.sh b/build-support/factor.sh
index 96fa04c235..fc2a549b61 100755
--- a/build-support/factor.sh
+++ b/build-support/factor.sh
@@ -592,11 +592,11 @@ usage() {
     $ECHO "  deps-apt-get - install required packages for Factor on Linux using apt-get"
     $ECHO "  deps-pacman - install required packages for Factor on Linux using pacman"
     $ECHO "  deps-macosx - install git on MacOSX using port"
-    $ECHO "  self-update - git pull, make local boot image, bootstrap"
+    $ECHO "  self-update - git pull, recompile, make local boot image, bootstrap"
     $ECHO "  quick-update - git pull, refresh-all, save"
-    $ECHO "  update - git pull, download a boot image, recompile, bootstrap"
-    $ECHO "  bootstrap - bootstrap with an existing boot image"
-    $ECHO "  net-bootstrap - download a boot image, bootstrap"
+    $ECHO "  update - git pull, recompile, download a boot image, bootstrap"
+    $ECHO "  bootstrap - recompile, bootstrap with existing boot image"
+    $ECHO "  net-bootstrap - recompile, download a boot image, bootstrap"
     $ECHO "  make-target - find and print the os-arch-cpu string"
     $ECHO "  report - print the build variables"
     $ECHO ""