1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_snmp.c b/plugins/check_snmp.c
index 295aa9b5..898b6ab4 100644
--- a/plugins/check_snmp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_snmp.c
@@ -1253,10 +1253,12 @@ print_help (void)
         printf ("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 context"));
         printf (" %s\n", "-L, --seclevel=[noAuthNoPriv|authNoPriv|authPriv]");
         printf ("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 securityLevel"));
-        printf (" %s\n", "-a, --authproto=[MD5|SHA]");
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 auth proto"));
-        printf (" %s\n", "-x, --privproto=[DES|AES]");
-        printf ("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 priv proto (default DES)"));
+        printf (" %s\n", "-a, --authproto=AUTHENTICATION_PROTOCOL");
+        printf ("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 authentication protocol (default MD5), available options depend on the specific version of the net-snmp tools"));
+        printf ("    %s\n", _("if < 5.8 SHA (1) and MD5 should be available, if >= 5.8 additionaly SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512"));
+        printf (" %s\n", "-x, --privproto=PRIVACY_PROTOCOL");
+        printf ("    %s\n", _("SNMPv3 privacy protocol (default DES), available options depend on the specific version of the net-snmp tools"));
+        printf ("    %s\n", _("if < 5.8 DES and AES should be available, if >= 5.8 additionaly AES-192 and AES-256"));
 
         /* Authentication Tokens*/
         printf (" %s\n", "-C, --community=STRING");