diff --git a/weed/shell/command_remote_cache.go b/weed/shell/command_remote_cache.go
index 8980fc82e..561484302 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_remote_cache.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_remote_cache.go
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ func (c *commandRemoteCache) Help() string {
 	# assume a remote storage is configured to name "cloud1"
 	remote.configure -name=cloud1 -type=s3 -access_key=xxx -secret_key=yyy
 	# mount and pull one bucket
-	remote.mount -dir=xxx -remote=cloud1/bucket
+	remote.mount -dir=/xxx -remote=cloud1/bucket
 
 	# after mount, run one of these command to cache the content of the files
-	remote.cache -dir=xxx
-	remote.cache -dir=xxx/some/sub/dir
-	remote.cache -dir=xxx/some/sub/dir -include=*.pdf
+	remote.cache -dir=/xxx
+	remote.cache -dir=/xxx/some/sub/dir
+	remote.cache -dir=/xxx/some/sub/dir -include=*.pdf
 
 	This is designed to run regularly. So you can add it to some cronjob.
 	If a file is already synchronized with the remote copy, the file will be skipped to avoid unnecessary copy.
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_remote_mount.go b/weed/shell/command_remote_mount.go
index 3b04fec63..189d1d937 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_remote_mount.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_remote_mount.go
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ func (c *commandRemoteMount) Help() string {
 	remote.configure -name=cloud1 -type=s3 -access_key=xxx -secret_key=yyy
 
 	# mount and pull one bucket
-	remote.mount -dir=xxx -remote=cloud1/bucket
+	remote.mount -dir=/xxx -remote=cloud1/bucket
 	# mount and pull one directory in the bucket
-	remote.mount -dir=xxx -remote=cloud1/bucket/dir1
+	remote.mount -dir=/xxx -remote=cloud1/bucket/dir1
 
 	# after mount, start a separate process to write updates to remote storage
-	weed filer.remote.sync -filer=<filerHost>:<filerPort> -dir=xxx
+	weed filer.remote.sync -filer=<filerHost>:<filerPort> -dir=/xxx
 
 `
 }
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_remote_uncache.go b/weed/shell/command_remote_uncache.go
index f94fe8bec..733218379 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_remote_uncache.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_remote_uncache.go
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ func (c *commandRemoteUncache) Help() string {
 	This is designed to run regularly. So you can add it to some cronjob.
 	If a file is not synchronized with the remote copy, the file will be skipped to avoid loss of data.
 
-	remote.uncache -dir=xxx
-	remote.uncache -dir=xxx/some/sub/dir
-	remote.uncache -dir=xxx/some/sub/dir -include=*.pdf
-	remote.uncache -dir=xxx/some/sub/dir -exclude=*.txt
+	remote.uncache -dir=/xxx
+	remote.uncache -dir=/xxx/some/sub/dir
+	remote.uncache -dir=/xxx/some/sub/dir -include=*.pdf
+	remote.uncache -dir=/xxx/some/sub/dir -exclude=*.txt
 
 `
 }
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_remote_unmount.go b/weed/shell/command_remote_unmount.go
index b16da44f1..b65d125aa 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_remote_unmount.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_remote_unmount.go
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ func (c *commandRemoteUnmount) Help() string {
 	# assume a remote storage is configured to name "s3_1"
 	remote.configure -name=s3_1 -type=s3 -access_key=xxx -secret_key=yyy
 	# mount and pull one bucket
-	remote.mount -dir=xxx -remote=s3_1/bucket
+	remote.mount -dir=/xxx -remote=s3_1/bucket
 
 	# unmount the mounted directory and remove its cache
-	remote.unmount -dir=xxx
+	remote.unmount -dir=/xxx
 
 `
 }