diff --git a/commands/loadb.c b/commands/loadb.c
index 28eebf45c..7424bcc08 100644
--- a/commands/loadb.c
+++ b/commands/loadb.c
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static int do_load_serial_bin(int argc, char *argv[])
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_START(loadb)
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Options:")
-BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-f FILE", "download to FILE (default " DEF_FILE ")")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-f FILE", "download to FILE (default image.bin")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-o OFFS", "destination file OFFSet (default 0)")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-b BAUD", "baudrate for download (default: console baudrate")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-c",      "create file if not present")
diff --git a/commands/loadxy.c b/commands/loadxy.c
index 3044f3711..df14043d6 100644
--- a/commands/loadxy.c
+++ b/commands/loadxy.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int do_loadx(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_START(loadx)
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Options:")
-BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-f FILE", "download to FILE (default " DEF_FILE ")")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-f FILE", "download to FILE (default image.bin")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-o OFFS", "destination file OFFSet (default 0)")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-b BAUD", "baudrate for download (default: console baudrate")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-t NAME", "console name to use (default: current)")
diff --git a/net/dhcp.c b/net/dhcp.c
index 070e3bc55..9551d60ad 100644
--- a/net/dhcp.c
+++ b/net/dhcp.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-v ID\t", "DHCP Vendor ID (code 60) submitted in DHCP req
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-c ID\t", "DHCP Client ID (code 61) submitted in DHCP requests")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-u UUID\t", "DHCP Client UUID (code 97) submitted in DHCP requests")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-U CLASS", "DHCP User class (code 77) submitted in DHCP requests")
-BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-r RETRY", "retry limit (default "__stringify(DHCP_DEFAULT_RETRY)")");
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-r RETRY", "retry limit (default 20)");
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
 
 BAREBOX_CMD_START(dhcp)