diff --git a/scripts/arcanist.php b/scripts/arcanist.php
index 83eebff2..b4de5327 100755
--- a/scripts/arcanist.php
+++ b/scripts/arcanist.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ phutil_require_module('arcanist', 'workingcopyidentity');
 phutil_require_module('arcanist', 'repository/api/base');
 
 $config_trace_mode = false;
+$force_conduit = null;
 $args = array_slice($argv, 1);
 $load = array();
 $matches = null;
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ foreach ($args as $key => $arg) {
   } else if (preg_match('/^--load-phutil-library=(.*)$/', $arg, $matches)) {
     unset($args[$key]);
     $load['?'] = $matches[1];
+  } else if (preg_match('/^--conduit-uri=(.*)$/', $arg, $matches)) {
+    unset($args[$key]);
+    $force_conduit = $matches[1];
   }
 }
 
@@ -135,7 +139,12 @@ try {
 
   $set_guid = false;
   if ($need_conduit) {
-    $conduit_uri  = $working_copy->getConduitURI();
+
+    if ($force_conduit) {
+      $conduit_uri = $force_conduit;
+    } else {
+      $conduit_uri = $working_copy->getConduitURI();
+    }
     if (!$conduit_uri) {
       throw new ArcanistUsageException(
         "No Conduit URI is specified in the .arcconfig file for this project. ".
diff --git a/src/workflow/help/ArcanistHelpWorkflow.php b/src/workflow/help/ArcanistHelpWorkflow.php
index 4427610d..7ebb9ac3 100644
--- a/src/workflow/help/ArcanistHelpWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/workflow/help/ArcanistHelpWorkflow.php
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ EOTEXT
       __--no-ansi__
           Output in plain ASCII text only, without color or style.
 
+      __--load-phutil-library=/path/to/library__
+          Ignore libraries listed in .arcconfig and explicitly load specified
+          libraries instead. Mostly useful for Arcanist development.
+
+      __--conduit-uri=...__
+          Ignore configured Conduit URI and use an explicit one instead. Mostly
+          useful for Arcanist development.
+
 
 EOTEXT
     );
diff --git a/src/workflow/mark-committed/ArcanistMarkCommittedWorkflow.php b/src/workflow/mark-committed/ArcanistMarkCommittedWorkflow.php
index 97197541..6aa64a53 100644
--- a/src/workflow/mark-committed/ArcanistMarkCommittedWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/workflow/mark-committed/ArcanistMarkCommittedWorkflow.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class ArcanistMarkCommittedWorkflow extends ArcanistBaseWorkflow {
           to do this; arc commit (svn), arc amend (git) or commit hooks in the
           master remote repository should do it for you. However, if these
           mechanisms have failed for some reason you can use this command to
-          manually change a revision status from "accepted" to "committed".
+          manually change a revision status from "Accepted" to "Committed".
 EOTEXT
       );
   }
diff --git a/src/workflow/shell-complete/ArcanistShellCompleteWorkflow.php b/src/workflow/shell-complete/ArcanistShellCompleteWorkflow.php
index 9ce06663..b2973752 100644
--- a/src/workflow/shell-complete/ArcanistShellCompleteWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/workflow/shell-complete/ArcanistShellCompleteWorkflow.php
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class ArcanistShellCompleteWorkflow extends ArcanistBaseWorkflow {
           Supports: bash, etc.
           Implements shell completion. To use shell completion, source the
           appropriate script from 'resources/shell/' in your .shellrc.
-
 EOTEXT
       );
   }
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ EOTEXT
         }
         return 0;
       } else {
-        
+
         $output = array();
         foreach ($arguments as $argument => $spec) {
           if ($argument == '*') {
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ EOTEXT
           }
           $output[] = '--'.$argument;
         }
-        
+
         $cur = idx($argv, $pos, '');
         $any_match = false;
         foreach ($output as $possible) {
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ EOTEXT
             $any_match = true;
           }
         }
-        
+
         if (!$any_match && isset($arguments['*'])) {
           // TODO: the '*' specifier should probably have more details about
           // whether or not it is a list of files. Since it almost always is in
diff --git a/src/workflow/svn-hook-pre-commit/ArcanistSvnHookPreCommitWorkflow.php b/src/workflow/svn-hook-pre-commit/ArcanistSvnHookPreCommitWorkflow.php
index 23f85133..398920f6 100644
--- a/src/workflow/svn-hook-pre-commit/ArcanistSvnHookPreCommitWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/workflow/svn-hook-pre-commit/ArcanistSvnHookPreCommitWorkflow.php
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ class ArcanistSvnHookPreCommitWorkflow extends ArcanistBaseWorkflow {
     return phutil_console_format(<<<EOTEXT
       **svn-hook-pre-commit** __repository__ __transaction__
           Supports: svn
-          You can install this as an SVN pre-commit hook.
+          You can install this as an SVN pre-commit hook. For more information,
+          see the article "Installing Arcanist SVN Hooks" in the Arcanist
+          documentation.
 EOTEXT
       );
   }