diff --git a/archbuild.in b/archbuild.in
index 00234f3d608e619793151a1d4e28ade2f484c3f1..10d33b8c9409ef478ed307ad43c253c1f259cb02 100644
--- a/archbuild.in
+++ b/archbuild.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ chroots='/var/lib/archbuild'
 clean_first=false
 
 usage() {
-	echo "usage $cmd"
+	echo "Usage: $cmd"
 	echo '    -c         Recreate the chroot before building'
 	echo '    -r <dir>   Create chroots in this directory'
 	exit 1
diff --git a/commitpkg.in b/commitpkg.in
index e31838cfaa473490450f28ecae7df5db9a503e56..d9ee0aa0b12619bbc33cfd8f94380df9b69f7e3f 100644
--- a/commitpkg.in
+++ b/commitpkg.in
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pkgbase=${pkgbase:-$pkgname}
 case "$cmd" in
 	commitpkg)
 		if (( $# == 0 )); then
-			die 'usage: commitpkg <reponame> [-f] [-s server] [-l limit] [-a arch] [commit message]'
+			die 'Usage: commitpkg <reponame> [-f] [-s server] [-l limit] [-a arch] [commit message]'
 		fi
 		repo="$1"
 		shift
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ case "$cmd" in
 		repo="${cmd%pkg}"
 		;;
 	*)
-		die 'usage: commitpkg <reponame> [-f] [-s server] [-l limit] [-a arch] [commit message]'
+		die 'Usage: commitpkg <reponame> [-f] [-s server] [-l limit] [-a arch] [commit message]'
 		;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/finddeps.in b/finddeps.in
index 1526fb8abe1d22696c8b8cd1d5fb73181bdc28b9..7a2a3fbf846c347abc619ea9824715d785fd9991 100644
--- a/finddeps.in
+++ b/finddeps.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ m4_include(lib/common.sh)
 match=$1
 
 if [[ -z $match ]]; then
-	echo 'usage: finddeps <depname>'
+	echo 'Usage: finddeps <depname>'
 	echo ''
 	echo 'Find packages that depend on a given depname.'
 	echo 'Run this script from the top-level directory of your ABS tree.'
diff --git a/makechrootpkg.in b/makechrootpkg.in
index 6c0b013bd219506088c0d80a7266ddb137c04f4a..762ad7b65836b011028df1dbc570373f7bab5c65 100644
--- a/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ default_copy=$USER
 src_owner=${SUDO_USER:-$USER}
 
 usage() {
-	echo "usage ${0##*/} [options] -r <chrootdir> [--] [makepkg args]"
+	echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [options] -r <chrootdir> [--] [makepkg args]"
 	echo ' Run this script in a PKGBUILD dir to build a package inside a'
 	echo ' clean chroot. All unrecognized arguments passed to this script'
 	echo ' will be passed to makepkg.'
diff --git a/mkarchroot.in b/mkarchroot.in
index 6a86231e98caa8f5e977c0b110f3c10f97314d8b..cb95f8ef31345965f1177ae92d5e5b30c1859e2e 100644
--- a/mkarchroot.in
+++ b/mkarchroot.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ APPNAME=$(basename "${0}")
 
 # usage: usage <exitvalue>
 usage() {
-	echo "usage ${APPNAME} [options] working-dir [package-list | app]"
+	echo "Usage: ${APPNAME} [options] working-dir [package-list | app]"
 	echo ' options:'
 	echo '    -r <app>      Run "app" within the context of the chroot'
 	echo '    -u            Update the chroot via pacman'
diff --git a/rebuildpkgs.in b/rebuildpkgs.in
index f7b16123fd572689ad77d812815a3a84596fad7d..a4c896909a36cd7a2afce85bbef0c9b8b4429e40 100644
--- a/rebuildpkgs.in
+++ b/rebuildpkgs.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 m4_include(lib/common.sh)
 
 if (( $# < 1 )); then
-	echo "usage: $(basename $0) <chrootdir> <packages to rebuild>"
+	echo "Usage: $(basename $0) <chrootdir> <packages to rebuild>"
 	echo "  example: $(basename $0) ~/chroot readline bash foo bar baz"
 	exit 1
 fi