diff --git a/classes/kohana/cli.php b/classes/kohana/cli.php
index 3e225eecd..140e43feb 100644
--- a/classes/kohana/cli.php
+++ b/classes/kohana/cli.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Kohana_CLI {
 	 * Returns one or more command-line options. Options are specified using
 	 * standard CLI syntax:
 	 *
-	 *     php index.php --username "john.smith" --password "secret"
+	 *     php index.php --username=john.smith --password=secret --var="some value with spaces"
 	 *
 	 *     // Get the values of "username" and "password"
 	 *     $auth = CLI::options('username', 'password');