diff --git a/lib/cli/commands/build.js b/lib/cli/commands/build.js
index 6a3ac495..b34c51db 100644
--- a/lib/cli/commands/build.js
+++ b/lib/cli/commands/build.js
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ build.builder = function(cli) {
 			array: true
 		})
 		.option("framework-version", {
-			describe: "Overrides the framework version defined by the project",
+			describe: "Overrides the framework version defined by the project. " +
+				"Takes the same value as the version part of \"ui5 use\"",
 			type: "string"
 		})
 		.option("cache-mode", {
diff --git a/lib/cli/commands/serve.js b/lib/cli/commands/serve.js
index ec2b0437..f37efdc1 100644
--- a/lib/cli/commands/serve.js
+++ b/lib/cli/commands/serve.js
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ serve.builder = function(cli) {
 			type: "boolean"
 		})
 		.option("framework-version", {
-			describe: "Overrides the framework version defined by the project",
+			describe: "Overrides the framework version defined by the project. " +
+				"Takes the same value as the version part of \"ui5 use\"",
 			type: "string"
 		})
 		.option("cache-mode", {
diff --git a/lib/cli/commands/tree.js b/lib/cli/commands/tree.js
index dbfa55c4..94e4c22f 100644
--- a/lib/cli/commands/tree.js
+++ b/lib/cli/commands/tree.js
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ tree.builder = function(cli) {
 		})
 		.option("framework-version", {
 			describe:
-				"Overrides the framework version defined by the project",
+				"Overrides the framework version defined by the project. " +
+				"Takes the same value as the version part of \"ui5 use\"",
 			type: "string"
 		})
 		.option("cache-mode", {
diff --git a/lib/cli/commands/use.js b/lib/cli/commands/use.js
index 55816784..a8904cad 100644
--- a/lib/cli/commands/use.js
+++ b/lib/cli/commands/use.js
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ useCommand.builder = function(cli) {
 		.positional("framework-info", {
 			describe: "Framework name, version or both (name@version).\n" +
 			"Name can be \"SAPUI5\" or \"OpenUI5\" (case-insensitive).\n" +
-			"Version can be \"latest\" (default), \"1.xx\" or \"1.xx.x\".",
+			"Version can be \"latest\" (default), a version or range according to the Semantic Versioning specification (https://semver.org/), " +
+			"or a tag available in the npm registry.\n" +
+			"For SAP-internal usage the version can also be \"latest-snapshot\", " +
+			"a version or range ending with -SNAPSHOT, " +
+			"or a simplified range such as \"1-SNAPSHOT\", \"1.x-SNAPSHOT\" or \"1.108-SNAPSHOT\".",
 			type: "string"
 		})
 		.example("$0 use sapui5@latest", "Use SAPUI5 in the latest available version")