diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index dd43ef71c..042335b8e 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -438,9 +438,17 @@ void SetupServerArgs()
 #else
     hidden_args.emplace_back("-upnp");
 #endif
-    gArgs.AddArg("-whitebind=<addr>", "Bind to given address and whitelist peers connecting to it. Use [host]:port notation for IPv6", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-whitelist=<IP address or network>", "Whitelist peers connecting from the given IP address (e.g. 1.2.3.4) or CIDR notated network (e.g. 1.2.3.0/24). Can be specified multiple times."
-        " Whitelisted peers cannot be DoS banned", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    gArgs.AddArg("-whitebind=<[permissions@]addr>", "Bind to given address and whitelist peers connecting to it. "
+        "Use [host]:port notation for IPv6. Allowed permissions are bloomfilter (allow requesting BIP37 filtered blocks and transactions), "
+        "noban (do not ban for misbehavior), "
+        "forcerelay (relay even non-standard transactions), "
+        "relay (relay even in -blocksonly mode), "
+        "and mempool (allow requesting BIP35 mempool contents). "
+        "Specify multiple permissions separated by commas (default: noban,mempool,relay). Can be specified multiple times.", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+
+    gArgs.AddArg("-whitelist=<[permissions@]IP address or network>", "Whitelist peers connecting from the given IP address (e.g. 1.2.3.4) or "
+        "CIDR notated network(e.g. 1.2.3.0/24). Uses same permissions as "
+        "-whitebind. Can be specified multiple times." , ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
 
     g_wallet_init_interface.AddWalletOptions();
 
@@ -510,8 +518,8 @@ void SetupServerArgs()
     gArgs.AddArg("-datacarriersize", strprintf("Maximum size of data in data carrier transactions we relay and mine (default: %u)", MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
     gArgs.AddArg("-minrelaytxfee=<amt>", strprintf("Fees (in %s/kB) smaller than this are considered zero fee for relaying, mining and transaction creation (default: %s)",
         CURRENCY_UNIT, FormatMoney(DEFAULT_MIN_RELAY_TX_FEE)), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-whitelistforcerelay", strprintf("Force relay of transactions from whitelisted inbound peers even if the transactions were already in the mempool or violate local relay policy (default: %d)", DEFAULT_WHITELISTFORCERELAY), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-whitelistrelay", strprintf("Accept relayed transactions received from whitelisted inbound peers even when not relaying transactions (default: %d)", DEFAULT_WHITELISTRELAY), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
+    gArgs.AddArg("-whitelistforcerelay", strprintf("Add 'forcerelay' permission to whitelisted inbound peers with default permissions. This will relay transactions even if the transactions were already in the mempool or violate local relay policy. (default: %d)", DEFAULT_WHITELISTFORCERELAY), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
+    gArgs.AddArg("-whitelistrelay", strprintf("Add 'relay' permission to whitelisted inbound peers with default permissions. The will accept relayed transactions even when not relaying transactions (default: %d)", DEFAULT_WHITELISTRELAY), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
 
 
     gArgs.AddArg("-blockmaxweight=<n>", strprintf("Set maximum BIP141 block weight (default: %d)", DEFAULT_BLOCK_MAX_WEIGHT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::BLOCK_CREATION);