Good command-line options conventions: (These guided the design of CastleParameters unit. The OptionDescription routine honors it too.) Options specifications (printed in response to the --help parameter) should look like this : (only long form) ' --long-option This option description' ' --long-option ARGUMENT-NAME' ' This option description' ' --very-long-option-name ARGUMENT' ' This option has very very long description' ' that must be continued on the next line' (both forms, short and long, available) ' -s / --long-option This option description' ' -s / --long-option ARGUMENT-NAME' ' This option description' More formally: - if option has both short and long forms they are specified using '-s / --long-option' (with /), - all help lines can have at most 75 chars, - 2 spaces are required before option name, - option descriptions should always start at the 25th column, if you can (and want) you can start option description at the same line as option name + arguments specification (but always at 25th column, so you can't do this if option name + arguments is too long), if not - you have to go to the next line. Each subsequent description line must be prefixed with 24 spaces (always spaces, never tabs !).