diff --git a/cmd/replicate-edit.go b/cmd/replicate-edit.go
index 059b1b1b..f412cf44 100644
--- a/cmd/replicate-edit.go
+++ b/cmd/replicate-edit.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var replicateEditFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	},
 	cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "storage-class",
-		Usage: "storage class for destination (STANDARD_IA,REDUCED_REDUNDANCY etc)",
+		Usage: `storage class for destination, valid values are either "STANDARD" or "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY"`,
 	},
 	cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "state",
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ var replicateEditFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	},
 	cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "replicate",
-		Usage: "comma separated list to enable replication of delete markers, deletion of versioned objects and syncing replica metadata modifications.Valid options are \"delete-marker\", \"delete\",\"replica-metadata-sync\", \"existing-objects\" and \"\"",
+		Usage: `comma separated list to enable replication of soft deletes, permanent deletes, existing objects and metadata sync. Valid options are "delete-marker","delete","existing-objects","metadata-sync" and ""'`,
 	},
 }
 
@@ -171,13 +171,13 @@ func mainReplicateEdit(cliCtx *cli.Context) error {
 				dmReplicate = enableStatus
 			case "delete":
 				vDeleteReplicate = enableStatus
-			case "replica-metadata-sync":
+			case "metadata-sync", "replica-metadata-sync":
 				replicasync = enableStatus
 			case "existing-objects":
 				existingReplState = enableStatus
 			default:
 				if opt != "" {
-					fatalIf(probe.NewError(fmt.Errorf("invalid value for --replicate flag %s", cliCtx.String("replicate"))), "--replicate flag takes one or more comma separated string with values \"delete, delete-marker, replica-metadata-sync\" or \"\"")
+					fatalIf(probe.NewError(fmt.Errorf("invalid value for --replicate flag %s", cliCtx.String("replicate"))), `--replicate flag takes one or more comma separated string with values "delete", "delete-marker", "metadata-sync", "existing-objects" or "" to disable these settings`)
 				}
 			}
 		}