diff --git a/cmd/podman/inspect.go b/cmd/podman/inspect.go
index 3ef7404635..40448e3f29 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/inspect.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/inspect.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ var (
 	inspectDescription = "This displays the low-level information on containers and images identified by name or ID. By default, this will render all results in a JSON array. If the container and image have the same name, this will return container JSON for unspecified type."
 	inspectCommand     = cli.Command{
 		Name:         "inspect",
-		Usage:        "Displays the configuration of a container or image",
+		Usage:        "Display the configuration of a container or image",
 		Description:  inspectDescription,
 		Flags:        sortFlags(inspectFlags),
 		Action:       inspectCmd,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pause.go b/cmd/podman/pause.go
index fcb2f3cb8b..9da6abf4b8 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pause.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pause.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var (
 `
 	pauseCommand = cli.Command{
 		Name:         "pause",
-		Usage:        "Pauses all the processes in one or more containers",
+		Usage:        "Pause all the processes in one or more containers",
 		Description:  pauseDescription,
 		Flags:        pauseFlags,
 		Action:       pauseCmd,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/rmi.go b/cmd/podman/rmi.go
index fbf860eb28..c904f2f922 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/rmi.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/rmi.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var (
 	}
 	rmiCommand = cli.Command{
 		Name:                   "rmi",
-		Usage:                  "Removes one or more images from local storage",
+		Usage:                  "Remove one or more images from local storage",
 		Description:            rmiDescription,
 		Action:                 rmiCmd,
 		ArgsUsage:              "IMAGE-NAME-OR-ID [...]",
diff --git a/cmd/podman/umount.go b/cmd/podman/umount.go
index 7c9b5897be..42f169228a 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/umount.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/umount.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ An unmount can be forced with the --force flag.
 	umountCommand = cli.Command{
 		Name:         "umount",
 		Aliases:      []string{"unmount"},
-		Usage:        "Unmounts working container's root filesystem",
+		Usage:        "Unmount working container's root filesystem",
 		Description:  description,
 		Flags:        sortFlags(umountFlags),
 		Action:       umountCmd,
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/urfave/cli/help.go b/vendor/github.com/urfave/cli/help.go
index 65874fa2fc..a0e949f72c 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/urfave/cli/help.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/urfave/cli/help.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ OPTIONS:
 var helpCommand = Command{
 	Name:      "help",
 	Aliases:   []string{"h"},
-	Usage:     "Shows a list of commands or help for one command",
+	Usage:     "Show a list of commands or help for one command",
 	ArgsUsage: "[command]",
 	Action: func(c *Context) error {
 		args := c.Args()