diff --git a/cmd/abc/appbase_import.go b/cmd/abc/appbase_import.go
index 3646b7cbeb894fc9d52ddfcc7efbc9adcdc5aebe..d727e08d4b5210ace085b396ade70403e2187f0f 100644
--- a/cmd/abc/appbase_import.go
+++ b/cmd/abc/appbase_import.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var destParamMap = map[string]string{
 	"bulk_requests": "bulk_requests",
 }
 
-const basicUsage string = `abc import --src.type {DBType} --src.uri {URI} [-t|--tail] [Uri|Appname]`
+const basicUsage string = `abc import --src_type={SourceDatabase} --src_uri={SourceURI} [-t|--tail] [Cluster URL|App Name]`
 
 // runImport runs the import command
 func runImport(args []string) error {