diff --git a/servefile b/servefile
index 79a9ed2..835e383 100755
--- a/servefile
+++ b/servefile
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class ThreadedHTTPServer(SocketServer.ThreadingMixIn, BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer)
 	pass
 
 def main():
-	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Serve a single file via HTTP')
 	parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version='%(prog)s ' + __version__)
 	parser.add_argument('filename', metavar='file/directory', type=str)
 	parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', type=int, default=8080, \