diff --git a/src/mapFile/mapMain.cpp b/src/mapFile/mapMain.cpp
index 49d1b270431d1be7800b669159b0a3d32dc2421f..933fe0c1312bb47e6e66af72ea44ecce0e0fb098 100644
--- a/src/mapFile/mapMain.cpp
+++ b/src/mapFile/mapMain.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ void map_help(void) {
 
     cerr << "Options: " << endl;
 
+    cerr << "\t-c\t"             << "Specify columns from the B file to map onto intervals in A." << endl;
+    cerr                         << "\t\tDefault: 5." << endl;
+    cerr						<<  "\t\tMultiple columns can be specified in a comma-delimited list." << endl << endl;
+
     KeyListOpsHelp();
 
 
diff --git a/src/mergeFile/mergeMain.cpp b/src/mergeFile/mergeMain.cpp
index cf6804e08211b47ffe86fdd42f0ef5a31c378264..2bee4e32ebb9a34118bf60f23b84dfda2fedb845 100644
--- a/src/mergeFile/mergeMain.cpp
+++ b/src/mergeFile/mergeMain.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ void merge_help(void) {
     cerr                       << "\t\t- Note: negative values enforce the number of b.p. required for overlap." << endl << endl;
     cerr << "\t-header\t"      << "Print the header from the A file prior to results." << endl << endl;
 
+    cerr << "\t-c\t"             << "Specify columns from the input file to operate upon (see -o option, below)." << endl;
+    cerr						<<  "\t\tMultiple columns can be specified in a comma-delimited list." << endl << endl;
+
     KeyListOpsHelp();
         cerr << "Notes: " << endl;
     cerr << "\t(1) All output, regardless of input type (e.g., GFF or VCF)" << endl;
diff --git a/src/utils/KeyListOps/KeyListOps.cpp b/src/utils/KeyListOps/KeyListOps.cpp
index 58544ef36075291f65b0122d7d48cec79498c91d..c71e2425dd3008e6c9952556d9eef1df588c3407 100644
--- a/src/utils/KeyListOps/KeyListOps.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/KeyListOps/KeyListOps.cpp
@@ -376,9 +376,6 @@ const QuickString & KeyListOps::getOpVals(RecordKeyList &hits)
 }
 
 void KeyListOpsHelp() {
-    cerr << "\t-c\t"             << "Specify columns from the B file to map onto intervals in A." << endl;
-    cerr                         << "\t\tDefault: 5." << endl;
-    cerr						<<  "\t\tMultiple columns can be specified in a comma-delimited list." << endl << endl;
 
     cerr << "\t-o\t"             << "Specify the operation that should be applied to -c." << endl;
     cerr                         << "\t\tValid operations:" << endl;