diff --git a/cmd/crawl.go b/cmd/crawl.go
index 3a3c4e5..12203eb 100644
--- a/cmd/crawl.go
+++ b/cmd/crawl.go
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ func init() {
 	CrawlCmd.Flags().StringP("username", "u", "", "Set the username for the BMC")
 	CrawlCmd.Flags().StringP("password", "p", "", "Set the password for the BMC")
 	CrawlCmd.Flags().BoolP("insecure", "i", false, "Ignore SSL errors")
+	CrawlCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&secretsFile, "file", "f", "nodes.json", "set the secrets file with BMC credentials")
 
 	checkBindFlagError(viper.BindPFlag("crawl.username", CrawlCmd.Flags().Lookup("username")))
 	checkBindFlagError(viper.BindPFlag("crawl.password", CrawlCmd.Flags().Lookup("password")))
diff --git a/cmd/secrets.go b/cmd/secrets.go
index b75e4e7..b4aaa43 100644
--- a/cmd/secrets.go
+++ b/cmd/secrets.go
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ var secretsRemoveCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func init() {
-	secretsCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&secretsFile, "file", "f", "nodes.json", "")
+	secretsCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&secretsFile, "file", "f", "nodes.json", "set the secrets file with BMC credentials")
 	secretsStoreCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretsStoreFormat, "format", "json", "set the input format for the secrets file (json|base64)")
 	secretsStoreCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&secretsStoreInputFile, "input-file", "i", "", "set the file to read as input")