diff --git a/core/commands/add.go b/core/commands/add.go
index 0be67a203..00cbe8688 100644
--- a/core/commands/add.go
+++ b/core/commands/add.go
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ only-hash, and progress/status related flags) will change the final hash.
 		cmds.BoolOption(wrapOptionName, "w", "Wrap files with a directory object."),
 		cmds.StringOption(chunkerOptionName, "s", "Chunking algorithm, size-[bytes], rabin-[min]-[avg]-[max] or buzhash").WithDefault("size-262144"),
 		cmds.BoolOption(pinOptionName, "Pin this object when adding.").WithDefault(true),
-		cmds.BoolOption(rawLeavesOptionName, "Use raw blocks for leaf nodes. (experimental)"),
+		cmds.BoolOption(rawLeavesOptionName, "Use raw blocks for leaf nodes. Implies CIDv1 when enabled. (experimental)"),
 		cmds.BoolOption(noCopyOptionName, "Add the file using filestore. Implies raw-leaves. (experimental)"),
 		cmds.BoolOption(fstoreCacheOptionName, "Check the filestore for pre-existing blocks. (experimental)"),
-		cmds.IntOption(cidVersionOptionName, "CID version. Defaults to 0 unless an option that depends on CIDv1 is passed. (experimental)"),
+		cmds.IntOption(cidVersionOptionName, "CID version. Defaults to 0 unless an option that depends on CIDv1 (hash, raw-leaves) is passed."),
 		cmds.StringOption(hashOptionName, "Hash function to use. Implies CIDv1 if not sha2-256. (experimental)").WithDefault("sha2-256"),
 		cmds.BoolOption(inlineOptionName, "Inline small blocks into CIDs. (experimental)"),
 		cmds.IntOption(inlineLimitOptionName, "Maximum block size to inline. (experimental)").WithDefault(32),