diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9995c11..1d6a4f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ NOTE: Version 0.7.0 switched to the [kingpin](https://github.com/alecthomas/king
           --debug.dump-fsm=""       The path to dump internal FSM generated for glob
                                     matching as Dot file.
           --check-config            Check configuration and exit.
+          --statsd.parse-dogstatsd-tags  
+                                    Parse DogStatsd style tags. Enabled by default.
+          --statsd.parse-influxdb-tags  
+                                    Parse InfluxDB style tags. Enabled by default.
+          --statsd.parse-librato-tags  
+                                    Parse Librato style tags. Enabled by default.
+          --statsd.parse-signalfx-tags  
+                                    Parse SignalFX style tags. Enabled by default.
           --log.level=info          Only log messages with the given severity or
                                     above. One of: [debug, info, warn, error]
           --log.format=logfmt       Output format of log messages. One of: [logfmt,
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 100045f..7ea1ac0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ func main() {
 		eventFlushInterval   = kingpin.Flag("statsd.event-flush-interval", "Number of events to hold in queue before flushing").Default("200ms").Duration()
 		dumpFSMPath          = kingpin.Flag("debug.dump-fsm", "The path to dump internal FSM generated for glob matching as Dot file.").Default("").String()
 		checkConfig          = kingpin.Flag("check-config", "Check configuration and exit.").Default("false").Bool()
-		dogstatsdTagsEnabled = kingpin.Flag("statsd.parse-dogstatsd-tags", "Parse DogStatsd style tags").Default("true").Bool()
-		influxdbTagsEnabled  = kingpin.Flag("statsd.parse-influxdb-tags", "Parse InfluxDB style tags").Default("true").Bool()
-		libratoTagsEnabled   = kingpin.Flag("statsd.parse-librato-tags", "Parse Librato style tags").Default("true").Bool()
-		signalFXTagsEnabled  = kingpin.Flag("statsd.parse-signalfx-tags", "Parse SignalFX style tags").Default("true").Bool()
+		dogstatsdTagsEnabled = kingpin.Flag("statsd.parse-dogstatsd-tags", "Parse DogStatsd style tags. Enabled by default.").Default("true").Bool()
+		influxdbTagsEnabled  = kingpin.Flag("statsd.parse-influxdb-tags", "Parse InfluxDB style tags. Enabled by default.").Default("true").Bool()
+		libratoTagsEnabled   = kingpin.Flag("statsd.parse-librato-tags", "Parse Librato style tags. Enabled by default.").Default("true").Bool()
+		signalFXTagsEnabled  = kingpin.Flag("statsd.parse-signalfx-tags", "Parse SignalFX style tags. Enabled by default.").Default("true").Bool()
 	)
 
 	promlogConfig := &promlog.Config{}