diff --git a/jabkit/src/main/java/org/jabref/toolkit/commands/GenerateCitationKeys.java b/jabkit/src/main/java/org/jabref/toolkit/commands/GenerateCitationKeys.java
index a78f23edcb3..be73fb7c89b 100644
--- a/jabkit/src/main/java/org/jabref/toolkit/commands/GenerateCitationKeys.java
+++ b/jabkit/src/main/java/org/jabref/toolkit/commands/GenerateCitationKeys.java
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ class GenerateCitationKeys implements Runnable {
     private JabKit.SharedOptions sharedOptions = new JabKit.SharedOptions();
 
     // [impl->req~jabkit.cli.input-flag~1]
-    @Option(names = {"--input"}, converter = CygWinPathConverter.class, description = "Input BibTeX file", required = true)
+    @Option(names = {"--input"}, converter = CygWinPathConverter.class, description = "Input .bib file", required = true)
     private Path inputFile;
 
-    @Option(names = "--output", description = "The output .bib file.")
+    @Option(names = "--output", description = "Output .bib file")
     private Path outputFile;
 
     @Override
diff --git a/jabkit/src/main/java/org/jabref/toolkit/commands/JabKit.java b/jabkit/src/main/java/org/jabref/toolkit/commands/JabKit.java
index 261e81d9865..21b5d0e149d 100644
--- a/jabkit/src/main/java/org/jabref/toolkit/commands/JabKit.java
+++ b/jabkit/src/main/java/org/jabref/toolkit/commands/JabKit.java
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ public static class SharedOptions {
         @Option(names = {"-p", "--porcelain"}, description = "Enable script-friendly output")
         boolean porcelain;
 
-        @Option(names = {"-h", "--help"}, usageHelp = true, description = "display this help message")
+        @Option(names = {"-h", "--help"}, usageHelp = true, description = "Display this help message")
         private boolean usageHelpRequested = true;
     }
 }