diff --git a/cmd/route-httpagent/main.go b/cmd/route-httpagent/main.go
index f6acac3..8230783 100644
--- a/cmd/route-httpagent/main.go
+++ b/cmd/route-httpagent/main.go
@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ import (
 	"git.xeserv.us/xena/route/internal/tun2"
 	"github.com/Xe/ln"
 	"github.com/facebookgo/flagenv"
+	_ "github.com/joho/godotenv"
 )
 
 var (
-	token      = flag.String("token", "", "Service identifier token")
-	domain     = flag.String("domain", "", "Domain to ID as")
-	backend    = flag.String("backend", "http://127.0.0.1:9090", "backend TCP/HTTP server")
-	serverAddr = flag.String("server", "127.0.0.1:9234", "frontend server")
-	connMethod = flag.String("method", "tcp", "tcp or kcp connections?")
+	token      = flag.String("token", "", "authentication token used to authenticate with routed")
+	domain     = flag.String("domain", "", "domain to use when authenticating with routed")
+	backend    = flag.String("backend", "http://127.0.0.1:9090", "backend TCP/HTTP server route-httpagent should relay traffic to/from")
+	serverAddr = flag.String("server", "127.0.0.1:9234", "the address that routed is listening on for backend connections")
+	connMethod = flag.String("method", "tcp", "the connection method used to talk to routed (MUST be either 'tcp' or 'kcp')")
 )
 
 func main() {