diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/bin/_babel-node b/packages/babel-cli/bin/_babel-node
index c7e9596416..07d935d88f 100644
--- a/packages/babel-cli/bin/_babel-node
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/bin/_babel-node
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ program.option("-p, --print [code]", "Evaluate script and print result");
 program.option("-i, --ignore [regex]", "Ignore all files that match this regex when using the require hook");
 program.option("-x, --extensions [extensions]", "List of extensions to hook into [.es6,.js,.es,.jsx]");
 program.option("-r, --stage [stage]", "Enable support for specific ECMAScript stages");
-program.option("-w, --whitelist [whitelist]", "Whitelist of transformers to ONLY use", util.list);
-program.option("-b, --blacklist [blacklist]", "Blacklist of transformers to NOT use", util.list);
-program.option("-o, --optional [optional]", "List of optional transformers to enable", util.list);
+program.option("-w, --whitelist [whitelist]", "Whitelist of transformers separated by comma to ONLY use", util.list);
+program.option("-b, --blacklist [blacklist]", "Blacklist of transformers separated by comma to NOT use", util.list);
+program.option("-o, --optional [optional]", "List of optional transformers separated by comma to enable", util.list);
 
 var pkg = require("../package.json");
 program.version(pkg.version);