diff --git a/src/cmd/apply.rs b/src/cmd/apply.rs
index 86a0ff589..03def3978 100644
--- a/src/cmd/apply.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/apply.rs
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ apply options:
     -j, --jobs <arg>            The number of jobs to run in parallel.
                                 When not set, the number of jobs is set to the number of CPUs detected.
     -b, --batch <size>          The number of rows per batch to load into memory, before running in parallel.
-                                Set to 0 to load all rows at once.
+                                Set to 0 to load all rows in one batch.
                                 [default: 50000]
 
 Common options:
diff --git a/src/cmd/applydp.rs b/src/cmd/applydp.rs
index 40fbfb760..23f99ab3e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/applydp.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/applydp.rs
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ applydp options:
     -j, --jobs <arg>            The number of jobs to run in parallel.
                                 When not set, the number of jobs is set to the number of CPUs detected.
     -b, --batch <size>          The number of rows per batch to load into memory, before running in parallel.
-                                Set to 0 to load all rows at once. [default: 50000]
+                                Set to 0 to load all rows in one batch.
+                                [default: 50000]
 
 Common options:
     -h, --help                  Display this message
diff --git a/src/cmd/datefmt.rs b/src/cmd/datefmt.rs
index b846a3c43..55645d708 100644
--- a/src/cmd/datefmt.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/datefmt.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ datefmt options:
     -j, --jobs <arg>            The number of jobs to run in parallel.
                                 When not set, the number of jobs is set to the number of CPUs detected.
     -b, --batch <size>          The number of rows per batch to load into memory, before running in parallel.
-                                Set to 0 to load all rows at once.
+                                Set to 0 to load all rows in one batch.
                                 [default: 50000]
 
 Common options:
diff --git a/src/cmd/geocode.rs b/src/cmd/geocode.rs
index 35be846fc..8a14ed7fb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/geocode.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/geocode.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ geocode options:
     -j, --jobs <arg>            The number of jobs to run in parallel.
                                 When not set, the number of jobs is set to the number of CPUs detected.
     -b, --batch <size>          The number of rows per batch to load into memory, before running in parallel.
-                                Set to 0 to load all rows at once.
+                                Set to 0 to load all rows in one batch.
                                 [default: 50000]
     --timeout <seconds>         Timeout for downloading Geonames cities index.
                                 [default: 120]
diff --git a/src/cmd/jsonl.rs b/src/cmd/jsonl.rs
index 3c5ecc539..7645afdb7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/jsonl.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/jsonl.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jsonl options:
                            number of CPUs detected.
     -b, --batch <size>     The number of rows per batch to load into memory,
                            before running in parallel. Set to 0 to load all
-                           rows at once. [default: 50000]
+                           rows in one batch. [default: 50000]
 
 Common options:
     -h, --help             Display this message
diff --git a/src/cmd/tojsonl.rs b/src/cmd/tojsonl.rs
index 32f2e42af..b71d65d88 100644
--- a/src/cmd/tojsonl.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/tojsonl.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Tojsonl options:
                            number of CPUs detected.
     -b, --batch <size>     The number of rows per batch to load into memory,
                            before running in parallel. Set to 0 to load all
-                           rows at once. [default: 50000]                           
+                           rows in one batch. [default: 50000]                           
 
 Common options:
     -h, --help             Display this message
diff --git a/src/cmd/validate.rs b/src/cmd/validate.rs
index dba8b99c9..a4bc5a66c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/validate.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/validate.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Validate options:
                                When not set, the number of jobs is set to the
                                number of CPUs detected.
     -b, --batch <size>         The number of rows per batch to load into memory,
-                               before running in parallel. Set to 0 to load all rows at once.
+                               before running in parallel. Set to 0 to load all rows in one batch.
                                [default: 50000]
     --timeout <seconds>        Timeout for downloading json-schemas on URLs.
                                [default: 30]