diff --git a/Documentation/btrfs-subvolume.asciidoc b/Documentation/btrfs-subvolume.asciidoc
index f3eb4e26..49c72e89 100644
--- a/Documentation/btrfs-subvolume.asciidoc
+++ b/Documentation/btrfs-subvolume.asciidoc
@@ -171,21 +171,33 @@ path.
 The id can be obtained from *btrfs subvolume list*, *btrfs subvolume show* or
 *btrfs inspect-internal rootid*.
 
-*show* [options] <path>|<mnt>::
-Show information of a given subvolume in the <path>.
+*show* [options] <path>::
+Show more information about subvolume <path> regarding UUIDs, times,
+generations, flags and related snapshots.
++
+----------
+/mnt/btrfs/subvolume
+        Name:                   subvolume
+        UUID:                   5e076a14-4e42-254d-ac8e-55bebea982d1
+        Parent UUID:            -
+        Received UUID:          -
+        Creation time:          2018-01-01 12:34:56 +0000
+        Subvolume ID:           79
+        Generation:             2844
+        Gen at creation:        2844
+        Parent ID:              5
+        Top level ID:           5
+        Flags:                  -
+        Snapshot(s):
+----------
 +
 `Options`
 +
 -r|--rootid::::
 rootid of the subvolume.
--u|--uuid:::
+-u|--uuid::::
 UUID of the subvolume.
 
-+
-If no option is specified, subvolume information of <path> is shown,
-otherwise the subvolume information of rootid or UUID in the filesystem
-is shown.
-
 *snapshot* [-r|-i <qgroupid>] <source> <dest>|[<dest>/]<name>::
 Create a snapshot of the subvolume <source> with the
 name <name> in the <dest> directory.
diff --git a/cmds-subvolume.c b/cmds-subvolume.c
index a8395aac..c69d3705 100644
--- a/cmds-subvolume.c
+++ b/cmds-subvolume.c
@@ -912,13 +912,13 @@ static int cmd_subvol_find_new(int argc, char **argv)
 }
 
 static const char * const cmd_subvol_show_usage[] = {
-	"btrfs subvolume show [options] <subvol-path>|<mnt>",
-	"Show more information about the subvolume",
+	"btrfs subvolume show [options] <path>",
+	"Show more information about the subvolume (UUIDs, generations, times, snapshots)",
 	"-r|--rootid   rootid of the subvolume",
 	"-u|--uuid     uuid of the subvolume",
 	"",
-	"If no option is specified, <subvol-path> will be shown, otherwise",
-	"the rootid or uuid are resolved relative to the <mnt> path.",
+	"If no option is specified, subvolume at <path> will be shown, otherwise",
+	"the rootid or uuid are resolved relative to the <path>.",
 	NULL
 };