diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
index 7bf0b230cf..f366dac66c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ namespace OpenSim
 
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("region", false, "debug http",
                                           "debug http <level>",
-                                          "Turn on inbound http request debugging for everything except the event queue (see debug eq)."
-                                          + "If level >= 2 then the handler used to service the request is logged.\n"
+                                          "Turn on inbound http request debugging for everything except the event queue (see debug eq).",
+                                            "If level >= 2 then the handler used to service the request is logged.\n"
                                           + "If level >= 1 then incoming HTTP requests are logged.\n"
                                           + "If level <= 0 then no extra http logging is done.\n",
                                           Debug);
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
 
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("region", false, "backup",
                                           "backup",
-                                          "Persist objects to the database now", RunCommand);
+                                          "Persist currently unsaved object changes immediately instead of waiting for the normal persistence call.", RunCommand);
 
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("region", false, "create region",
                                           "create region [\"region name\"] <region_file.ini>",
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/EventQueue/EventQueueGetModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/EventQueue/EventQueueGetModule.cs
index 202b0204b0..bd19ea4c85 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/EventQueue/EventQueueGetModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/Linden/Caps/EventQueue/EventQueueGetModule.cs
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.Linden
                     false,
                     "debug eq",
                     "debug eq [0|1]",
+                    "Turn on event queue debugging",                                   
                     "debug eq 1 will turn on event queue debugging.  This will log all outgoing event queue messages to clients.\n"
                         + "debug eq 0 will turn off event queue debugging.",
                     HandleDebugEq);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Permissions/PermissionsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Permissions/PermissionsModule.cs
index f416f067ee..776038290b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Permissions/PermissionsModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Permissions/PermissionsModule.cs
@@ -218,9 +218,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Permissions
 
             m_scene.AddCommand(this, "debug permissions",
                     "debug permissions <true / false>",
-                    "Enable permissions debugging",
-                    HandleDebugPermissions);
-                    
+                    "Turn on permissions debugging",
+                    HandleDebugPermissions);                    
                     
             string grant = myConfig.GetString("GrantLSL","");
             if (grant.Length > 0) {