diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 680b99ea..c75b63cf 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ $ pipx install --suffix=@next 'vcspull' --pip-args '\--pre' --force
 
 <!-- Maintainers, insert changes / features for the next release here -->
 
+## vcspull v1.15.7 (unreleased)
+
+### CLI
+
+- `vcspull` and `vcspull sync` Copy updates and metavar updates (#404)
+
 ## vcspull v1.15.6 (2022-10-16)
 
 ### CLI
diff --git a/src/vcspull/cli/__init__.py b/src/vcspull/cli/__init__.py
index d87136f7..d1d95f53 100644
--- a/src/vcspull/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/vcspull/cli/__init__.py
@@ -16,23 +16,25 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+SYNC_DESCRIPTION = textwrap.dedent(
+    """
+    sync vcs repos
+
+    examples:
+      vcspull sync "*"
+      vcspull sync "django-*"
+      vcspull sync "django-*" flask
+      vcspull sync -c ./myrepos.yaml "*"
+      vcspull sync -c ./myrepos.yaml myproject
+"""
+).strip()
+
 
 def create_parser():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         prog="vcspull",
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
-        description=textwrap.dedent(
-            """
-            sync vcspull repos
-
-            examples:
-              vcspull sync "*"
-              vcspull sync "django-*"
-              vcspull sync "django-*" flask
-              vcspull sync -c "myrepos.yaml" "*"
-              vcspull sync -c "myrepos.yaml" myproject
-        """
-        ).strip(),
+        description=SYNC_DESCRIPTION,
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--version",
@@ -42,20 +44,26 @@ def create_parser():
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--log-level",
+        metavar="level",
         action="store",
         default="INFO",
-        help="log level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)",
+        help="log level (debug, info, warning, error, critical)",
     )
 
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="subparser_name")
-    sync_parser = subparsers.add_parser("sync", help="synchronize repos")
+    sync_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+        "sync",
+        help="synchronize repos",
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+        description=SYNC_DESCRIPTION,
+    )
     create_sync_subparser(sync_parser)
 
-    return parser
+    return parser, sync_parser
 
 
 def cli(args=None):
-    parser = create_parser()
+    parser, sync_parser = create_parser()
     args = parser.parse_args(args)
 
     setup_logger(log=log, level=args.log_level.upper())
@@ -68,5 +76,5 @@ def cli(args=None):
             repo_terms=args.repo_terms,
             config=args.config,
             exit_on_error=args.exit_on_error,
-            parser=parser,
+            parser=sync_parser,
         )
diff --git a/src/vcspull/cli/sync.py b/src/vcspull/cli/sync.py
index cfab2464..a3a2e704 100644
--- a/src/vcspull/cli/sync.py
+++ b/src/vcspull/cli/sync.py
@@ -21,18 +21,24 @@ def clamp(n, _min, _max):
 
 
 def create_sync_subparser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
-    config_file = parser.add_argument("--config", "-c", help="specify config")
+    config_file = parser.add_argument(
+        "--config",
+        "-c",
+        metavar="config-file",
+        help="optional filepath to specify vcspull config",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "repo_terms",
+        metavar="filter",
         nargs="*",
-        help="filters: repo terms, separated by spaces, supports globs / fnmatch (1)",
+        help="patterns / terms of repos, accepts globs / fnmatch(3)",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--exit-on-error",
         "-x",
         action="store_true",
         dest="exit_on_error",
-        help="exit immediately when encountering an error syncing multiple repos",
+        help="exit immediately encountering error (when syncing multiple repos)",
     )
 
     try:
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 9edb55e1..586f71ff 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class SyncCLINonExistentRepo(t.NamedTuple):
     SYNC_CLI_EXISTENT_REPO_FIXTURES,
     ids=[test.test_id for test in SYNC_CLI_EXISTENT_REPO_FIXTURES],
 )
-def test_sync_cli_repo_term_non_existent(
+def test_sync_cli_filter_non_existent(
     tmp_path: pathlib.Path,
     capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture,
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
@@ -165,14 +165,14 @@ class SyncFixture(t.NamedTuple):
         test_id="sync---help",
         sync_args=["sync", "--help"],
         expected_exit_code=0,
-        expected_in_out=["repo_terms", "--exit-on-error"],
+        expected_in_out=["filter", "--exit-on-error"],
         expected_not_in_out="--version",
     ),
     SyncFixture(
         test_id="sync--h",
         sync_args=["sync", "-h"],
         expected_exit_code=0,
-        expected_in_out=["repo_terms", "--exit-on-error"],
+        expected_in_out=["filter", "--exit-on-error"],
         expected_not_in_out="--version",
     ),
     # Sync: Repo terms