diff --git a/cmds-filesystem.c b/cmds-filesystem.c
index 27f88887..945ef2e1 100644
--- a/cmds-filesystem.c
+++ b/cmds-filesystem.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void print_one_uuid(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices)
 }
 
 static const char * const cmd_show_usage[] = {
-	"btrfs filesystem show [--all-devices] [<uuid>|<label>]",
+	"btrfs filesystem show [--all-devices|<uuid>]",
 	"Show the structure of a filesystem",
 	"If no argument is given, structure of all present filesystems is shown.",
 	NULL
diff --git a/man/btrfs.8.in b/man/btrfs.8.in
index 7df2eadb..bc945790 100644
--- a/man/btrfs.8.in
+++ b/man/btrfs.8.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ btrfs \- control a btrfs filesystem
 .PP
 \fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem label\fP\fI <dev> [newlabel]\fP
 .PP
-\fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem show\fP\fI [--all-devices|<uuid>|<label>]\fP
+\fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem show\fP\fI [--all-devices|<uuid>]\fP
 .PP
 \fBbtrfs\fP \fBfilesystem balance\fP\fI <path> \fP
 .PP
@@ -273,9 +273,9 @@ following constraints exist for a label:
 .IP
 - the maximum allowable length shall be less than 256 chars
 
-\fBfilesystem show\fR [--all-devices|<uuid>|<label>]\fR
-Show the btrfs filesystem with some additional info. If no \fIUUID\fP or 
-\fIlabel\fP is passed, \fBbtrfs\fR show info of all the btrfs filesystem.
+\fBfilesystem show\fR [--all-devices|<uuid>]\fR
+Show the btrfs filesystem with some additional info. If no \fIUUID\fP
+is passed, \fBbtrfs\fR show info of all the btrfs filesystem.
 If \fB--all-devices\fP is passed, all the devices under /dev are scanned;
 otherwise the devices list is extracted from the /proc/partitions file.
 .TP