diff --git a/bin/oxtimelines b/bin/oxtimelines
index 5850848..1a437f1 100755
--- a/bin/oxtimelines
+++ b/bin/oxtimelines
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import oxtimelines
 # fixme: -w option should be 'keyframeswide' mode
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    usage = '''
+    usage = '''%prog [options] video1 [video2]
+
 %prog takes one or more video files as input and outputs timeline images.
 If a cuts path is given, it also outputs a json file containing cuts. If in and
 out points are given, only that part of the video(s) will be rendered.
@@ -31,8 +32,7 @@ widths will be 1 px per frame for the first one, and 1 px per second for the
 second (smaller) one. If the wide option is set, large 'keyframeswide' tiles
 will be rendered. They can be used at a later point to render small 'keyframes'
 tiles without having to decode the video again.
-
-usage: %prog [options] video1 [video2]'''
+'''
 
     parser = OptionParser(usage=usage)
     parser.add_option('-o', '--output', dest='tiles', help='path for combined timeline tiles')