diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_diff.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_diff.go
index 28e60f464..accd55db2 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_diff.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_diff.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var cmdDiff = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "diff [flags] snapshot-ID snapshot-ID",
+	Use:   "diff [flags] snapshotID snapshotID",
 	Short: "Show differences between two snapshots",
 	Long: `
 The "diff" command shows differences from the first to the second snapshot. The
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ directory:
 * M  The file's content was modified
 * T  The type was changed, e.g. a file was made a symlink
 
+To only compare files in specific subfolders, you can use the
+"<snapshotID>:<subfolder>" syntax, where "subfolder" is a path within the
+snapshot.
+
 EXIT STATUS
 ===========
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go
index 9acae7ca8..325607017 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_dump.go
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ single file is selected, it prints its contents to stdout. Folders are output
 as a tar (default) or zip file containing the contents of the specified folder.
 Pass "/" as file name to dump the whole snapshot as an archive file.
 
-The special snapshot "latest" can be used to use the latest snapshot in the
+The special snapshotID "latest" can be used to use the latest snapshot in the
 repository.
 
+To include the folder content at the root of the archive, you can use the
+"<snapshotID>:<subfolder>" syntax, where "subfolder" is a path within the
+snapshot.
+
 EXIT STATUS
 ===========
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
index 9be938feb..9bce90a26 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ var cmdRestore = &cobra.Command{
 The "restore" command extracts the data from a snapshot from the repository to
 a directory.
 
-The special snapshot "latest" can be used to restore the latest snapshot in the
+The special snapshotID "latest" can be used to restore the latest snapshot in the
 repository.
 
+To only restore a specific subfolder, you can use the "<snapshotID>:<subfolder>"
+syntax, where "subfolder" is a path within the snapshot.
+
 EXIT STATUS
 ===========
 
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_tag.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_tag.go
index fe4638547..1ad465faa 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_tag.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_tag.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var cmdTag = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "tag [flags] [snapshot-ID ...]",
+	Use:   "tag [flags] [snapshotID ...]",
 	Short: "Modify tags on snapshots",
 	Long: `
 The "tag" command allows you to modify tags on exiting snapshots.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The "tag" command allows you to modify tags on exiting snapshots.
 You can either set/replace the entire set of tags on a snapshot, or
 add tags to/remove tags from the existing set.
 
-When no snapshot-ID is given, all snapshots matching the host, tag and path filter criteria are modified.
+When no snapshotID is given, all snapshots matching the host, tag and path filter criteria are modified.
 
 EXIT STATUS
 ===========