diff --git a/cargo/src/cli.rs b/cargo/src/cli.rs
index 96cb9c0..8e73d3f 100644
--- a/cargo/src/cli.rs
+++ b/cargo/src/cli.rs
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ pub struct Opts {
     #[arg(
         long,
         short = 'C',
-        help = "Whether you want to manually set the root of the project. Useful with a combination \
-		        with `--manifest-paths` or `--no-root-manifest`."
+        help = "Whether you want to manually set the root of the project. Useful with a combination with `--manifest-paths` or `--no-root-manifest`."
     )]
     pub custom_root: Option<String>,
     #[arg(
@@ -68,8 +67,7 @@ pub struct Opts {
 		requires_if("registry", "method"),
 		default_value_t = false,
 		action = clap::ArgAction::Set,
-		help = "Available only if `--method` is set to registry. If a project has no root manifest, this flag is useful for those situations to set \
-    			the manifest path manually. Useful in combination with `--manifest-paths` flag.")]
+		help = "Available only if `--method` is set to registry. If a project has no root manifest, this flag is useful for those situations to set the manifest path manually. Useful in combination with `--manifest-paths` flag.")]
     pub no_root_manifest: bool,
     #[arg(
         long,
@@ -83,11 +81,14 @@ pub struct Opts {
         help = "Tag some files for multi-vendor and multi-cargo_config projects"
     )]
     pub tag: Option<String>,
-    #[arg(long, help = "Other cargo manifest files to sync with vendor", visible_aliases = ["cargotoml"])]
-    pub manifest_paths: Vec<PathBuf>,
-    #[arg(long, default_value_t = true, action = clap::ArgAction::Set, help = "Update dependencies or not")]
+    #[arg(long, help = "Other cargo manifest files to sync with vendor or registry. Behaviour between methods changes. Consult the documentation.", visible_aliases = ["cargotoml"])]
+    pub manifest_path: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = true, action = clap::ArgAction::Set, help = "Update dependencies or not.")]
     pub update: bool,
-    #[arg(long, help = "Where to output vendor.tar* and cargo_config")]
+    #[arg(
+        long,
+        help = "Where to output vendor.tar* and cargo_config if method is vendor and registry.tar* if method is registry."
+    )]
     pub outdir: PathBuf,
     #[arg(
         long,
diff --git a/cargo/src/registry.rs b/cargo/src/registry.rs
index ec108f7..f7fca94 100644
--- a/cargo/src/registry.rs
+++ b/cargo/src/registry.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub fn run_cargo_vendor_home_registry(setup_workdir: &Path, registry: &Opts) ->
         info!("💼 Fetched dependencies.");
     }
     let mut lockfiles: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
-    for manifest in &registry.manifest_paths {
+    for manifest in &registry.manifest_path {
         let full_manifest_path = &setup_workdir.join(manifest);
         let full_manifest_path_parent = full_manifest_path.parent().unwrap_or(setup_workdir);
         if full_manifest_path.is_file() {
diff --git a/cargo/src/vendor.rs b/cargo/src/vendor.rs
index 3738d12..403d004 100644
--- a/cargo/src/vendor.rs
+++ b/cargo/src/vendor.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pub fn run_cargo_vendor(
         custom_root,
         vendor_opts.vendor_specific_args.versioned_dirs,
         vendor_opts.vendor_specific_args.filter,
-        &vendor_opts.manifest_paths,
+        &vendor_opts.manifest_path,
         vendor_opts.update,
         &vendor_opts.i_accept_the_risk,
     )? {
diff --git a/cargo/tests/behaviour.rs b/cargo/tests/behaviour.rs
index 42c3644..a834d03 100644
--- a/cargo/tests/behaviour.rs
+++ b/cargo/tests/behaviour.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ async fn vendor_source(source: &str, filter: bool) -> io::Result<PathBuf> {
         src: outfile.to_path_buf(),
         compression: Compression::default(),
         tag: Some(random_tag.clone()),
-        manifest_paths: vec![],
+        manifest_path: vec![],
         update: true,
         vendor_specific_args,
         outdir: outdir.to_path_buf(),
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ async fn vendor_registry_test_with_no_root_manifest() -> io::Result<()> {
         src: outfile.to_path_buf(),
         compression: Compression::default(),
         tag: Some(random_tag.clone()),
-        manifest_paths: [PathBuf::from("rust/pvsecret/Cargo.toml")].to_vec(),
+        manifest_path: [PathBuf::from("rust/pvsecret/Cargo.toml")].to_vec(),
         update: true,
         vendor_specific_args,
         outdir: outdir.to_path_buf(),
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ async fn manifest_paths_with_vendor() -> io::Result<()> {
         src: outfile.to_path_buf(),
         compression: Compression::default(),
         tag: Some(random_tag.clone()),
-        manifest_paths: [PathBuf::from("libflux/Cargo.toml")].to_vec(),
+        manifest_path: [PathBuf::from("libflux/Cargo.toml")].to_vec(),
         update: true,
         outdir: outdir.to_path_buf(),
         color: clap::ColorChoice::Auto,
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ async fn custom_root_test() -> io::Result<()> {
         src: outfile.to_path_buf(),
         compression: Compression::default(),
         tag: Some(random_tag.clone()),
-        manifest_paths: vec![],
+        manifest_path: vec![],
         update: true,
         outdir: outdir.to_path_buf(),
         color: clap::ColorChoice::Auto,