diff --git a/help/Makefile b/help/Makefile
index 049d5626e..2efb884f6 100644
--- a/help/Makefile
+++ b/help/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ help:
 	@echo '%%%      GEOS-Chem Help Screen      %%%'
 	@echo '%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'
 	@echo ''
-	@echo 'Usage: make -jN TARGET REQUIRED-FLAGS [ OPTIONAL-FLAGS ]'
+	@echo 'Usage: make -jN TARGET [ OPTIONAL-FLAGS ]'
 	@echo ''
 	@echo '-jN             Compiles N files at a time (to reduce compilation time)'
 	@echo ''
@@ -88,29 +88,12 @@ help:
 #	@echo 'libgtmm         Builds GEOS-Chem + GTMM code for Hg simulation'
 #	@echo 'exehg           Creates GEOS-Chem executable for Hg simulation'
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	@echo ''	       
-	@echo ''	       
-	@echo '--------------------------------------------------------'
-	@echo 'REQUIRED-FLAGS include:'
-	@echo '--------------------------------------------------------'
-	@echo 'MET=____        Specifies the met field type'
-	@echo '                --> Options: geosfp merra2'
-	@echo ''	       
-	@echo 'GRID=___        Specifies the horizontal grid'
-	@echo '                --> Options: 4x5 2x25 05x0625 025x03125'
 	@echo ''
-	@echo ''	       
+	@echo ''
 	@echo '--------------------------------------------------------'
 	@echo 'OPTIONAL-FLAGS may be one or more of the following:'
 	@echo '--------------------------------------------------------'
-	@echo ''	       
-	@echo 'NEST=___        Specifies the nested-grid domain'
-	@echo '                 --> Options: AS CH NA EU and CU (custom)'
-	@echo ''	       
-	@echo 'NO_REDUCED=y    Compiles GEOS-Chem with the full vertical grid'
-	@echo '                --> Default: NO_REDUCED=y for CHEM=Standard/UCX; NO_REDUCED=n for CHEM=Tropchem/SOA/SOA_SVPOA'
-	@echo ''	       
-	@echo ''	       
+	@echo ''
 	@echo 'Parallelization and optimization flags:'
 	@echo '---------------------------------------'
 	@echo 'OMP=no          Turns off OpenMP parallelization'