diff --git a/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c b/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
index 1e4c172..651592e 100644
--- a/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
+++ b/src/skin/toks_skin_default.c
@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@ const struct argv_option toks_default_options[] = {
 
 	{"sysroot",		0,TAG_SYSROOT,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<dir>",
 				"pass a handle to %s to the spawned child process, "
-				"and set it to be the child's intial root directory."},
+				"and make it the child's initial root directory."},
 
 	{"daemon",		0,TAG_DAEMON,ARGV_OPTARG_OPTIONAL,0,"default|always|never",0,
 				"have the service's daemon thread handle signals sent by the "
-				"application's own controlling terminal. The default is for "
-				"the daemon thread to handle signals when the service runs as "
-				"a stand-alone program, and defer the task to the main utility "
-				"in all other cases."},
+				"application's own controlling terminal. The default is to "
+				"handle signals when invoked as a stand-alone program, and "
+				"defer the task to the main utility in all other cases."},
 
 	{"uuid",		'u',TAG_UUID,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<uuid>",
 				"set the service identifier to %s, which needs "
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ const struct argv_option toks_default_options[] = {
 
 	{"refstr",		'f',TAG_REFSTR,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<refstr>",
 				"include the reference string %s in log records"
-				"that pertain to this client."},
+				"that pertain to the current request."},
 
 	{"tokens",		't',TAG_TOKENS,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<ntokens>",
 				"set the number of available tokens to %s, which should be "
@@ -75,7 +74,8 @@ const struct argv_option toks_default_options[] = {
 				"(e.g. \\Device\\HarddiskX\\path\\to\\log"},
 
 	{"log-level",		'O',TAG_LOGLEVEL,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<loglevel>",
-				"set the log level to %s in the range of 0..9"},
+				"set the server's initial log level to %s, which should "
+				"be in the range of 0..9"},
 
 	{"get-token-pool-size",	'n',TAG_NTOKENSGET,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
 				"connect to the server and output the current overall "
@@ -91,17 +91,18 @@ const struct argv_option toks_default_options[] = {
 
 	{"log-service-info",	'I',TAG_LOGSVCINFO,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
 				"connect to the server and request that the current "
-				"service information be sent to its log"},
+				"service information be sent to the log"},
 
 	{"get-token-info",	's',TAG_GETTOKINFO,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
 				"connect to the server and output the current "
 				"service information, along with information about all "
-				"currently allocated tokens"},
+				"currently allocated tokens and pending requests"},
 
 	{"log-token-info",	'S',TAG_LOGTOKINFO,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
 				"connect to the server and request that the current "
 				"service information, along with information about all "
-				"currently allocated tokens, be sent to the log"},
+				"currently allocated tokens and pending requests, "
+				"be sent to the log"},
 
 	{"get-log-level",	'g',TAG_LOGLEVELGET,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
 				"connect to the server and output the service's "
@@ -109,8 +110,8 @@ const struct argv_option toks_default_options[] = {
 
 	{"set-log-level",	'G',TAG_LOGLEVELSET,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,0,0,"<loglevel>",
 				"connect to the server and request that the service's "
-				"log-level be set to %s in the range of 0..9"},
-
+				"log-level be set to %s, which should be in the "
+				"range of 0..9"},
 
 	{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
 };