diff --git a/doc/qvm-tools/qvm-shutdown.rst b/doc/qvm-tools/qvm-shutdown.rst
index cefda324..ff7d81d3 100644
--- a/doc/qvm-tools/qvm-shutdown.rst
+++ b/doc/qvm-tools/qvm-shutdown.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ qvm-shutdown
 
 SYNOPSIS
 ========
-| qvm-shutdown [options] <vm-name>
+| qvm-shutdown [options] <vm-name> [vm-name ...]
 
 OPTIONS
 =======
diff --git a/qvm-tools/qvm-shutdown b/qvm-tools/qvm-shutdown
index da3eeec2..98f19d23 100755
--- a/qvm-tools/qvm-shutdown
+++ b/qvm-tools/qvm-shutdown
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 
 def main():
-    usage = "usage: %prog [options] <vm-name>"
+    usage = "usage: %prog [options] <vm-name> [vm-name ...]"
     parser = OptionParser (usage)
     
     parser.add_option ("-q", "--quiet", action="store_false", dest="verbose", default=True)