diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index 8900a74deaa7b47db6c8910741590d66c1e1a5b3..881f10abd68c8b3a0e5a38ce2b790bfc40a928a3 100755
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -824,12 +824,12 @@ class Scheduler:
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     # parse the arguments, only relevant when using as a command line utility
-    parser = OptionParser(usage = '%prog -n nr_cpus \n'
+    parser = OptionParser(usage='\n%prog -n nr_cpus \n\n'
                           '%prog --crontab when running a single iteruation of '
                           '%prog as a crontab job every 5 minutes. File list '
                           'is read from "launch_pbs_filelist.txt", and the '
                           'configuration can be changed on the fly by editing '
-                          ' the file "launch_scheduler_config.txt".')
+                          'the file "launch_scheduler_config.txt".')
     parser.add_argument = parser.add_option
     parser.add_argument('--depend', dest='depend', action='store_true',
                         default=False, help='Switch on for launch depend method')