diff --git a/bin/csvalign b/bin/csvalign
index 7710438..df46122 100755
--- a/bin/csvalign
+++ b/bin/csvalign
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ Options:
                         csv data by separating them by an empty line.
 
   -e, --encoding=ENCODING
-                        Read the file using ENCODING. (Default={opts.encoding})
+                        Use ENCODING encoding to read FILE. (Default={opts.encoding})
 
-  -V, --version         Print the version.
+  -V, --version         Display the version and exit.
 
 Environment Variables:
   CSV_DELIMS            A set of characters used to guess the delimiter of a
diff --git a/bin/csvcsv b/bin/csvcsv
index ffda091..eeb830e 100755
--- a/bin/csvcsv
+++ b/bin/csvcsv
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ Delimiter Control:
                         is to use the same delimiter as the input.
 
   -e, --encoding=ENCODING
-                        Read the file using ENCODING. (Default={opts.encoding})
+                        Use ENCODING encoding to read FILE. (Default={opts.encoding})
 
-  -V, --version         Print the version.
+  -V, --version         Display the version and exit.
 
 Quoting Control:
   -a, --autoquote       Quote all non-numeric values.
diff --git a/bin/csvcut b/bin/csvcut
index 07f8bf3..1fc6456 100755
--- a/bin/csvcut
+++ b/bin/csvcut
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ Options:
   -v, --inverse         Extract non-matching fields only.
 
   -e, --encoding=ENCODING
-                        Read the file using ENCODING. (Default={opts.encoding})
+                        Use ENCODING encoding to read FILE. (Default={opts.encoding})
 
-  -V, --version         Print the version.
+  -V, --version         Display the version and exit.
 
 Environment Variables:
   CSV_DELIMS            A set of characters used to guess the delimiter of a
diff --git a/bin/csvgrep b/bin/csvgrep
index 55be74d..b7c60d9 100755
--- a/bin/csvgrep
+++ b/bin/csvgrep
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ Options:
   -v, --inverse         Extract non-matching rows only.
 
   -e, --encoding=ENCODING
-                        Read the file using ENCODING. (Default={opts.encoding})
+                        Use ENCODING encoding to read FILE. (Default={opts.encoding})
 
-  -V, --version         Print the version.
+  -V, --version         Display the version and exit.
 
 Environment Variables:
   CSV_DELIMS            A set of characters used to guess the delimiter of a
diff --git a/bin/csvread b/bin/csvread
index c1da849..ea707c3 100755
--- a/bin/csvread
+++ b/bin/csvread
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ Options:
                         csv data by separating them by an empty line.
 
   -e, --encoding=ENCODING
-                        Read the file using ENCODING. (Default={opts.encoding})
+                        Use ENCODING encoding to read FILE. (Default={opts.encoding})
 
-  -V, --version         Print the version.
+  -V, --version         Display the version and exit.
 
 Environment Variables:
   CSV_DELIMS            A set of characters used to guess the delimiter of a
diff --git a/bin/csvsql b/bin/csvsql
index 13507b7..d99b373 100755
--- a/bin/csvsql
+++ b/bin/csvsql
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ Options:
                         CSV_DELIMS environment variable.
 
   -e, --encoding=ENCODING
-                        Read the file using ENCODING. (Default={opts.encoding})
+                        Use ENCODING encoding to read FILE. (Default={opts.encoding})
 
-  -V, --version         Print the version.
+  -V, --version         Display the version and exit.
 
 Environment Variables:
   CSV_DELIMS            A set of characters used to guess the delimiter of a
diff --git a/man/man1/csvalign.1 b/man/man1/csvalign.1
index 653ab12..b439af8 100644
--- a/man/man1/csvalign.1
+++ b/man/man1/csvalign.1
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ the pipe (\fB|\fP), '\fBt\fP' for the tab (\fB\\t\fP), '\fBa\fP' for the SOH
 escape sequences.  \fIDELIM\fP may include escape characters.  By default the
 delimiter is guessed from the characters in the \fBCSV_DELIMS\fP environment
 variable.
+.TP
+\fB-e\fP \fIENCODING\fP, \fB--encoding\fP=\fIENCODING\fP
+Use \fIENCODING\fP encoding to read \fIFILE\fP.
+.TP
+\fB-V\fP, \fB--version\fP
+Display the version and exit.
 .SS Environment Variables
 .TP
 \fBCSV_DELIMS\fP
diff --git a/man/man1/csvcsv.1 b/man/man1/csvcsv.1
index 8fba412..99fbe38 100644
--- a/man/man1/csvcsv.1
+++ b/man/man1/csvcsv.1
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ environment variable.
 \fB-o\fP \fIDELIM\fP, \fB--outdelim\fP=\fIDELIM\fP
 Use DELIM as the delimiter of the output.  The default is to use the same
 delimiter as the input.
+.TP
+\fB-e\fP \fIENCODING\fP, \fB--encoding\fP=\fIENCODING\fP
+Use \fIENCODING\fP encoding to read \fIFILE\fP.
+.TP
+\fB-V\fP, \fB--version\fP
+Display the version and exit.
 .SS Environment Variables
 .TP
 \fBCSV_DELIMS\fP
diff --git a/man/man1/csvcut.1 b/man/man1/csvcut.1
index 48b4056..e7c0280 100644
--- a/man/man1/csvcut.1
+++ b/man/man1/csvcut.1
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ second set of table is treated as though it were the start of a new csv file.
 .TP
 \fB-v\fP, \fB--inverse\fP
 Extract non-matching fields only.
+.TP
+\fB-e\fP \fIENCODING\fP, \fB--encoding\fP=\fIENCODING\fP
+Use \fIENCODING\fP encoding to read \fIFILE\fP.
+.TP
+\fB-V\fP, \fB--version\fP
+Display the version and exit.
 .SS Selector Format
 .TP
 \fBINT\fP
diff --git a/man/man1/csvgrep.1 b/man/man1/csvgrep.1
index 4118e04..190b17f 100644
--- a/man/man1/csvgrep.1
+++ b/man/man1/csvgrep.1
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ The file contains no header.  Otherwise the first line is always matched.
 .TP
 \fB-v\fP, \fB--inverse\fP
 Extract non-matching fields only.
+.TP
+\fB-e\fP \fIENCODING\fP, \fB--encoding\fP=\fIENCODING\fP
+Use \fIENCODING\fP encoding to read \fIFILE\fP.
+.TP
+\fB-V\fP, \fB--version\fP
+Display the version and exit.
 .SS Selector Format
 .TP
 \fBINT\fP
diff --git a/man/man1/csvread.1 b/man/man1/csvread.1
index 136bae2..a84645c 100644
--- a/man/man1/csvread.1
+++ b/man/man1/csvread.1
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ Use the plugin library \fILIB\fP to preprocess the values before display.
 \fILIB\fP may be the full path to the library without the .py suffix, or it may
 just be the library name in which case \fBCSV_PLUGINS_PATH\fP is searched for
 the library.
+.TP
+\fB-e\fP \fIENCODING\fP, \fB--encoding\fP=\fIENCODING\fP
+Use \fIENCODING\fP encoding to read \fIFILE\fP.
+.TP
+\fB-V\fP, \fB--version\fP
+Display the version and exit.
 .SS Environment Variables
 .TP
 \fBCSV_DELIMS\fP
diff --git a/man/man1/csvsql.1 b/man/man1/csvsql.1
index 4f8ba76..1a4c456 100644
--- a/man/man1/csvsql.1
+++ b/man/man1/csvsql.1
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ for the SOH (ASCII 1), or other string literal of one or more characters and
 Python string escape sequences.  \fIDELIM\fP may include escape characters.  By
 default the delimiter is guessed from the characters in the \fBCSV_DELIMS\fP
 environment variable.
+.TP
+\fB-e\fP \fIENCODING\fP, \fB--encoding\fP=\fIENCODING\fP
+Use \fIENCODING\fP encoding to read \fIFILE\fP.
+.TP
+\fB-V\fP, \fB--version\fP
+Display the version and exit.
 .SS Environment Variables
 .TP
 \fBCSV_DELIMS\fP