diff --git a/processing/pre/mentat_pbcOnBoxMesh b/processing/pre/mentat_pbcOnBoxMesh
index ef138031a..d9e92dd40 100755
--- a/processing/pre/mentat_pbcOnBoxMesh
+++ b/processing/pre/mentat_pbcOnBoxMesh
@@ -164,15 +164,20 @@ def servoLink():
 
 # ----------------------- MAIN -------------------------------
   
-parser = OptionParser()
+parser = OptionParser(usage='%prog [options]', description = """
+Set up servo linking to achieve periodic boundary conditions for a regular hexahedral mesh presently opened in MSC.Mentat
+
+""" + string.replace('$Id: spectral_iterationCount 919 2011-06-15 18:14:05Z MPIE\p.eisenlohr $','\n','\\n')
+)
+
 parser.add_option("-p", "--port", type="int",\
-        dest="port",\
-        help="Mentat connection port [%default]")
+                                  dest="port",\
+                                  help="Mentat connection port [%default]")
 parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true",\
-        dest="verbose",\
-        help="write Mentat command stream also to stdout [%default]")
-parser.set_defaults(port=40007)
-parser.set_defaults(verbose=False)
+                                  dest="verbose",\
+                                  help="write Mentat command stream also to stdout [%default]")
+parser.set_defaults(port = 40007)
+parser.set_defaults(verbose = False)
 
 (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
diff --git a/processing/pre/mentat_spectralBox b/processing/pre/mentat_spectralBox
index f1cfd8522..32591571e 100755
--- a/processing/pre/mentat_spectralBox
+++ b/processing/pre/mentat_spectralBox
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ Acceptable formats are
 geom: header plus list of grain numbers or
 spectral: phi1,Phi,phi2,x,y,z,id,phase.
 
-$Id$
-""")
+""" + string.replace('$Id$','\n','\\n')
+)
 parser.add_option("-p", "--port", type="int",\
                                   dest="port",\
                                   help="Mentat connection port")
diff --git a/processing/pre/spectral_geomCheck b/processing/pre/spectral_geomCheck
index 924e06d00..07ec1da44 100755
--- a/processing/pre/spectral_geomCheck
+++ b/processing/pre/spectral_geomCheck
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ mapping = {
 parser = OptionParser(option_class=extendedOption, usage='%prog geomfile[s]', description = """
 Produce VTK point file from geom data
 
-$Id$
-""")
+""" + string.replace('$Id$','\n','\\n')
+)
 
 (options, args) = parser.parse_args()