diff --git a/Common/CommandLine.cpp b/Common/CommandLine.cpp
index ab46b1e3e9a378b9f89ac7a69426cc4cebb8231f..8b962476687db54bee682aebb066ac97e5255da1 100644
--- a/Common/CommandLine.cpp
+++ b/Common/CommandLine.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ void PrintUsage(const char *name)
 #endif
   Msg::Direct("  -pid                  Print process id on stdout");
   Msg::Direct("  -listen               Always listen to incoming connection requests");
+  Msg::Direct("  -watch pattern        Pattern of files to merge as they become available");
   Msg::Direct("  -v int                Set verbosity level");
   Msg::Direct("  -nopopup              Don't popup dialog windows in scripts");
   Msg::Direct("  -string \"string\"      Parse option string at startup");
diff --git a/Common/DefaultOptions.h b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
index 6afa974de0d6630cdcc872cccd3a1c2610238c53..c4d4e653e7ea8d99a72198c4a28c3dc5fbce0543 100644
--- a/Common/DefaultOptions.h
+++ b/Common/DefaultOptions.h
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ StringXString GeneralOptions_String[] = {
     "System command to launch a web browser" },
 
   { F|0, "WatchFilePattern", opt_general_watch_file_pattern , "" ,
-    "Pattern of files to watch out for (to load automatically)"},
+     "Pattern of files to merge as they become available"},
 
-  { 0, 0 , 0 , "" , 0 }
+   { 0, 0 , 0 , "" , 0 }
 } ;
 
 StringXString GeometryOptions_String[] = {
diff --git a/doc/VERSIONS.txt b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
index 0d2efb8b76bd1acf00ebfd0266284f1101b25eda..973ebe1a63627d3bd34ebd5eae87b4557a059e07 100644
--- a/doc/VERSIONS.txt
+++ b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 geometrical entities (useful for remeshing); improved mesh
 reclassification tool; new option to force the type of views
 dynamically; bumped mesh version format to 2.2 (change in the meaning
-of the partion tags; this only affect partioned meshes); renamed
+of the partion tags; this only affects partioned meshes); renamed
 several post-processing plugins (as well as plugin options) to make
 them easier to understand; many small bug fixes and usability
 improvements.
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
index ff5c673b29172cff89b3b2e4390a8c3885c5cf96..09ff8d8df83df49d3ccb7fb1a9c5de5f6e761716 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/gmsh.texi
@@ -923,6 +923,8 @@ Start an interactive lua session
 Print pid on stdout
 @item -listen
 Always listen to incoming connection requests.
+@item -watch
+Pattern of files to merge as they become available.
 @item -v int
 Set verbosity level
 @item -nopopup