diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index dc61448..7f4c850 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,47 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+    case "$1" in
+	(-h|--help) cat <<EOF
+$0 [OPTIONS] FILES…
+
+OPTIONS
+
+  -h, --help           show this help
+
+FILES…
+
+  List of stack names or yaml files to deploy. There must be yaml
+  files with the same name. The extension .yaml may be given or not.
+
+DESCRIPTION
+
+  Deploys stack from yaml files. The stack name is identical to the
+  file name, but wihout path and without .yaml extendsion.
+
+EXAMPLS
+
+  The following calls ado the same and deploy a local yaml file:
+
+    $0 yaml-file-name
+    $0 yaml-file-name.yaml
+    $0 ./yaml-file-name.yaml
+
+  Deploy three files from three sources:
+
+    $0 /path/to/file1/first.yaml /path/to/file2/second.yaml third
+
+EOF
+		    exit;;
+	(*) break;;
+    esac
+    if test $# -lt 1; then
+	echo "error: missing argument, try $0 --help" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+    fi
+    shift
+done
+
 for f in $*; do
     f=${f%.yaml}
     if ! test -e ${f}.yaml; then
@@ -10,5 +52,5 @@ for f in $*; do
     for d in $(sed -n 's/^ *source: *//p' ${f}.yaml); do
         test -e $d || mkdir -p $d
     done
-    docker stack deploy --compose-file ${f}.yaml ${f}
+    docker stack deploy --compose-file ${f}.yaml ${##*/f}
 done
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index bda654f..2a22e27 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -4,20 +4,21 @@ limit=''
 while test $# -gt 0; do
     case "$1" in
 	(-h|--help) cat <<EOF
-$0 [OPTIONS] NAMES…
+$0 [OPTIONS] FILES…
 
 OPTIONS
 
   -h, --help           show this help
   -s, --limit service  limit update to given service
 
-NAMES…
+FILES…
 
-  list of stack names to update
+  List of stack names or yaml files to deploy. There must be yaml
+  files with the same name. The extension .yaml may be given or not.
 
 DESCRIPTION
 
-  updates the docker images of all services in the given stacks
+  Updates the docker images of all services in the given stacks.
 
 EOF
 		    exit;;