diff --git a/re6st/cli/node.py b/re6st/cli/node.py
index 8ff812000cf7286c8436d6d97db3509d0fd2772a..10a2b28561d3a5d0c117feca69847161efb68f47 100755
--- a/re6st/cli/node.py
+++ b/re6st/cli/node.py
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ def getConfig():
              "- cache.db: cache of network parameters and peer addresses\n"
              "- babeld.state: see option -S of babeld\n")
     _('-v', '--verbose', default=1, type=int, metavar='LEVEL',
-        help="Log level of re6stnet itself. 0 disables logging."
-             " Use SIGUSR1 to reopen log."
+        help="Log level of re6stnet itself. 0 disables logging. 1=WARNING,"
+             " 2=INFO, 3=DEBUG, 4=TRACE. Use SIGUSR1 to reopen log."
              " See also --babel-verb and --verb for logs of spawned processes.")
     _('-i', '--interface', action='append', dest='iface_list', default=[],
         help="Extra interface for LAN discovery. Highly recommanded if there"
diff --git a/re6st/cli/registry.py b/re6st/cli/registry.py
index 518e6c7ca8168e6e84611b9f27d060bb69e35a84..65ca2a09ff1d3e955d27baa98fee584ca1e4f2ea 100755
--- a/re6st/cli/registry.py
+++ b/re6st/cli/registry.py
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ def main():
         help="Path to re6stnet runtime directory:\n"
              "- babeld.sock (option -R of babeld)\n")
     _('-v', '--verbose', default=1, type=int,
-            help="Log level. 0 disables logging."
-                 " Use SIGUSR1 to reopen log.")
+            help="Log level. 0 disables logging. 1=WARNING, 2=INFO,"
+                 " 3=DEBUG, 4=TRACE. Use SIGUSR1 to reopen log.")
     _('--min-protocol', default=version.min_protocol, type=int,
         help="Reject nodes that are too old. Current is %s." % version.protocol)