diff --git a/utils/rtpengine-ctl b/utils/rtpengine-ctl
index 4179197ab..3959bc3e7 100755
--- a/utils/rtpengine-ctl
+++ b/utils/rtpengine-ctl
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ sub showusage {
     print "\n";
     print "    Supported commands are:\n";
     print "\n";
-    print "    list [ numsessions | sessions | session <callid> | totals ]\n";
-    print "         numsessions           : prints the number of sessions\n";
+    print "    list [ numsessions | maxsessions | maxopenfiles | sessions | session <callid> | totals ]\n";
+    print "         numsessions           : print the number of sessions\n";
+    print "         maxsessions           : print the number of allowed sessions\n";
+    print "         maxopenfiles          : print the number of allowed open files\n";
     print "         sessions              : print one-liner session information\n";
     print "         session <callid>      : print detail about one session\n";
     print "         totals                : print total statistics\n";
@@ -72,8 +74,9 @@ sub showusage {
     print "         all                   : terminates all current sessions\n";
     print "         <callid>              : session is immediately terminated\n";
     print "\n";
-    print "    set [ max-open-files <uint> ]\n";
-    print "         max-open-files <uint> : increase the max nr of allowed open files\n";
+    print "    set [ maxopenfiles <uint> | maxsessions <int> ]\n";
+    print "         maxsessions  <int>    : set the max nr of allowed sessions\n";
+    print "         maxopenfiles <uint>   : set the max nr of allowed open files\n";
     print "\n";
     print "\n";
     print "    Return Value:\n";