diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/benchmarker.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/benchmarker.rb
index dfba4bf034..ad84d94dbf 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/benchmarker.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/benchmarker.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if ARGV.empty?
-  puts "Usage: ./script/performance/benchmarker [times] 'Person.expensive_way' 'Person.another_expensive_way' ..."
+  puts "Usage: benchmarker [times] 'Person.expensive_way' 'Person.another_expensive_way' ..."
   exit 1
 end
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/profiler.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/profiler.rb
index aaa075018c..50ae411166 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/profiler.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/performance/profiler.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if ARGV.empty?
-  $stderr.puts "Usage: ./script/performance/profiler 'Person.expensive_method(10)' [times] [flat|graph|graph_html]"
+  $stderr.puts "Usage: profiler 'Person.expensive_method(10)' [times] [flat|graph|graph_html]"
   exit(1)
 end
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/plugin.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/plugin.rb
index 159db707e7..af12df1425 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/plugin.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/plugin.rb
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ module Commands
     def options
       OptionParser.new do |o|
         o.set_summary_indent('  ')
-        o.banner =    "Usage: #{@script_name} [OPTIONS] command"
+        o.banner =    "Usage: plugin [OPTIONS] command"
         o.define_head "Rails plugin manager."
         
         o.separator ""        
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb
index 4487d2e7b1..606e04483f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ code_or_file = nil
 
 ARGV.clone.options do |opts|
   script_name = File.basename($0)
-  opts.banner = "Usage: #{$0} [options] ('Some.ruby(code)' or a filename)"
+  opts.banner = "Usage: runner [options] ('Some.ruby(code)' or a filename)"
 
   opts.separator ""
 
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
index 8c54014fcb..1f380970d0 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators.rb
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ module Rails
         groups[base] << namespace
       end
 
-      puts "Usage:"
-      puts "  script/generate GENERATOR [args] [options]"
+      puts "Usage: generate GENERATOR [args] [options]"
       puts
       puts "General options:"
       puts "  -h, [--help]     # Print generators options and usage"