diff --git a/gguf-py/scripts/gguf-new-metadata.py b/gguf-py/scripts/gguf-new-metadata.py
index 7403e90eb0007..3f743864c3c31 100644
--- a/gguf-py/scripts/gguf-new-metadata.py
+++ b/gguf-py/scripts/gguf-new-metadata.py
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ def main() -> None:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Make a copy of a GGUF file with new metadata")
     parser.add_argument("input",                                       type=Path, help="GGUF format model input filename")
     parser.add_argument("output",                                      type=Path, help="GGUF format model output filename")
-    parser.add_argument("--general-name",                              type=str,  help="The models general.name")
-    parser.add_argument("--general-description",                       type=str,  help="The models general.description")
-    parser.add_argument("--chat-template",                             type=str,  help="Chat template string (or JSON string containing templates)")
-    parser.add_argument("--chat-template-config",                      type=Path, help="Config file (tokenizer_config.json) containing chat template(s)")
-    parser.add_argument("--remove-metadata",      action="append",     type=str,  help="Remove metadata (by key name) from output model")
+    parser.add_argument("--general-name",                              type=str,  help="The models general.name", metavar='"name"')
+    parser.add_argument("--general-description",                       type=str,  help="The models general.description", metavar='"Description ..."')
+    parser.add_argument("--chat-template",                             type=str,  help="Chat template string (or JSON string containing templates)", metavar='"{% ... %} ..."')
+    parser.add_argument("--chat-template-config",                      type=Path, help="Config file containing chat template(s)", metavar='tokenizer_config.json')
+    parser.add_argument("--remove-metadata",      action="append",     type=str,  help="Remove metadata (by key name) from output model", metavar='general.url')
     parser.add_argument("--special-token",        action="append",     type=str,  help="Special token by value", nargs=2, metavar=(' | '.join(token_names.keys()), '"<token>"'))
     parser.add_argument("--special-token-by-id",  action="append",     type=str,  help="Special token by id", nargs=2, metavar=(' | '.join(token_names.keys()), '0'))
     parser.add_argument("--force",                action="store_true",            help="Bypass warnings without confirmation")