diff --git a/src/stick_table.c b/src/stick_table.c
index 5d0bd6c68..6cc9e177c 100644
--- a/src/stick_table.c
+++ b/src/stick_table.c
@@ -5990,7 +5990,7 @@ INITCALL0(STG_INIT_2, stkt_late_init);
 static struct cli_kw_list cli_kws = {{ },{
 	{ { "clear", "table", NULL }, "clear table <table> [<filter>]*         : remove an entry from a table (filter: data/key)",                           cli_parse_table_req, cli_io_handler_table, cli_release_show_table, (void *)STK_CLI_ACT_CLR },
 	{ { "set",   "table", NULL }, "set table <table> key <k> [data.* <v>]* : update or create a table entry's data",                                     cli_parse_table_req, cli_io_handler_table, NULL, (void *)STK_CLI_ACT_SET },
-	{ { "show",  "table", NULL }, "show table <table> [<filter>]*          : report table usage stats or dump this table's contents (filter: data/key)", cli_parse_table_req, cli_io_handler_table, cli_release_show_table, (void *)STK_CLI_ACT_SHOW },
+	{ { "show",  "table", NULL }, "show table [<table> [<filter>]*]        : report table usage stats or dump this table's contents (filter: data/key)", cli_parse_table_req, cli_io_handler_table, cli_release_show_table, (void *)STK_CLI_ACT_SHOW },
 	{{},}
 }};