diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index ef0e1841d..3d27ea05c 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ HEAD
 
 - Log Sidekiq Pro's Batch ID if available [#2076]
 - Refactor Processor Redis usage to avoid redis/redis-rb#490 [#]
+- Add better usage text for `sidekiqctl`.
 
 
 3.3.0
diff --git a/bin/sidekiqctl b/bin/sidekiqctl
index 1c62e1b5e..7ad5f77a7 100755
--- a/bin/sidekiqctl
+++ b/bin/sidekiqctl
@@ -3,23 +3,29 @@
 require 'fileutils'
 
 class Sidekiqctl
-  DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10
+  DEFAULT_KILL_TIMEOUT = 10
 
-  attr_reader :stage, :pidfile, :timeout
+  attr_reader :stage, :pidfile, :kill_timeout
 
   def self.print_usage
+    puts "#{File.basename($0)} - stop a Sidekiq process from the command line."
     puts
-    puts "Usage: #{File.basename($0)} <command> <pidfile> <timeout>"
-    puts " where <command> is either 'quiet', 'stop' or 'shutdown'"
+    puts "Usage: #{File.basename($0)} <command> <pidfile> <kill_timeout>"
+    puts " where <command> is either 'quiet' or 'stop'"
     puts "       <pidfile> is path to a pidfile"
-    puts "       <timeout> is number of seconds to wait till Sidekiq exits (default: #{Sidekiqctl::DEFAULT_TIMEOUT})"
+    puts "       <kill_timeout> is number of seconds to wait until Sidekiq exits"
+    puts "       (default: #{Sidekiqctl::DEFAULT_KILL_TIMEOUT}), after which Sidekiq will be KILL'd"
+    puts
+    puts "Be sure to set the kill_timeout LONGER than Sidekiq's -t timeout.  If you want"
+    puts "to wait 60 seconds for jobs to finish, use `sidekiq -t 60` and `sidekiqctl stop"
+    puts " path_to_pidfile 61`"
     puts
   end
 
   def initialize(stage, pidfile, timeout)
     @stage = stage
     @pidfile = pidfile
-    @timeout = timeout
+    @kill_timeout = timeout
 
     done('No pidfile given', :error) if !pidfile
     done("Pidfile #{pidfile} does not exist", :warn) if !File.exist?(pidfile)
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ class Sidekiqctl
     begin
       send(stage)
     rescue NoMethodError
-      done 'Invalid control command', :error
+      done "Invalid command: #{stage}", :error
     end
   end
 
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ class Sidekiqctl
 
   def stop
     `kill -TERM #{pid}`
-    timeout.times do
+    kill_timeout.times do
       begin
         Process.getpgid(pid)
       rescue Errno::ESRCH
@@ -72,11 +78,7 @@ class Sidekiqctl
     FileUtils.rm_f pidfile
     done 'Sidekiq shut down forcefully.'
   end
-
-  def shutdown
-    quiet
-    stop
-  end
+  alias_method :shutdown, :stop
 end
 
 if ARGV.length < 2
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ else
   stage = ARGV[0]
   pidfile = ARGV[1]
   timeout = ARGV[2].to_i
-  timeout = Sidekiqctl::DEFAULT_TIMEOUT if timeout == 0
+  timeout = Sidekiqctl::DEFAULT_KILL_TIMEOUT if timeout == 0
 
   Sidekiqctl.new(stage, pidfile, timeout)
 end
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/manager.rb b/lib/sidekiq/manager.rb
index 4bbb6bd9c..87580a4e6 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/manager.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/manager.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def stop(options={})
 
         @done = true
 
-        logger.info { "Shutting down #{@ready.size} quiet workers" }
+        logger.info { "Terminating #{@ready.size} quiet workers" }
         @ready.each { |x| x.terminate if x.alive? }
         @ready.clear