diff --git a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/options/options.go b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
index 2d57294ec88..9881997bd43 100644
--- a/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud-controller-manager/app/options/options.go
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ func NewCloudControllerManagerServer() *CloudControllerManagerServer {
 
 // AddFlags adds flags for a specific ExternalCMServer to the specified FlagSet
 func (s *CloudControllerManagerServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
-	fs.Int32Var(&s.Port, "port", s.Port, "The port that the cloud-controller-manager's http service runs on")
-	fs.Var(componentconfig.IPVar{Val: &s.Address}, "address", "The IP address to serve on (set to 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces)")
+	fs.Int32Var(&s.Port, "port", s.Port, "The port that the cloud-controller-manager's http service runs on.")
+	fs.Var(componentconfig.IPVar{Val: &s.Address}, "address", "The IP address to serve on (set to 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces).")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.CloudProvider, "cloud-provider", s.CloudProvider, "The provider of cloud services. Cannot be empty.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.CloudConfigFile, "cloud-config", s.CloudConfigFile, "The path to the cloud provider configuration file.  Empty string for no configuration file.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.AllowUntaggedCloud, "allow-untagged-cloud", false, "Allow the cluster to run without the cluster-id on cloud instances.  This is a legacy mode of operation and a cluster-id will be required in the future.")
-	fs.MarkDeprecated("allow-untagged-cloud", "This flag is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.  A cluster-id will be required on cloud instances")
-	fs.DurationVar(&s.MinResyncPeriod.Duration, "min-resync-period", s.MinResyncPeriod.Duration, "The resync period in reflectors will be random between MinResyncPeriod and 2*MinResyncPeriod")
+	fs.MarkDeprecated("allow-untagged-cloud", "This flag is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.  A cluster-id will be required on cloud instances.")
+	fs.DurationVar(&s.MinResyncPeriod.Duration, "min-resync-period", s.MinResyncPeriod.Duration, "The resync period in reflectors will be random between MinResyncPeriod and 2*MinResyncPeriod.")
 	fs.DurationVar(&s.NodeMonitorPeriod.Duration, "node-monitor-period", s.NodeMonitorPeriod.Duration,
 		"The period for syncing NodeStatus in NodeController.")
 	fs.DurationVar(&s.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency.Duration, "node-status-update-frequency", s.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency.Duration, "Specifies how often the controller updates nodes' status.")
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ func (s *CloudControllerManagerServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.DurationVar(&s.RouteReconciliationPeriod.Duration, "route-reconciliation-period", s.RouteReconciliationPeriod.Duration, "The period for reconciling routes created for Nodes by cloud provider.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.ConfigureCloudRoutes, "configure-cloud-routes", true, "Should CIDRs allocated by allocate-node-cidrs be configured on the cloud provider.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.EnableProfiling, "profiling", true, "Enable profiling via web interface host:port/debug/pprof/")
-	fs.BoolVar(&s.EnableContentionProfiling, "contention-profiling", false, "Enable lock contention profiling, if profiling is enabled")
+	fs.BoolVar(&s.EnableContentionProfiling, "contention-profiling", false, "Enable lock contention profiling, if profiling is enabled.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.ClusterCIDR, "cluster-cidr", s.ClusterCIDR, "CIDR Range for Pods in cluster.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.AllocateNodeCIDRs, "allocate-node-cidrs", false, "Should CIDRs for Pods be allocated and set on the cloud provider.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.Master, "master", s.Master, "The address of the Kubernetes API server (overrides any value in kubeconfig)")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", s.Kubeconfig, "Path to kubeconfig file with authorization and master location information.")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.ContentType, "kube-api-content-type", s.ContentType, "Content type of requests sent to apiserver.")
-	fs.Float32Var(&s.KubeAPIQPS, "kube-api-qps", s.KubeAPIQPS, "QPS to use while talking with kubernetes apiserver")
-	fs.Int32Var(&s.KubeAPIBurst, "kube-api-burst", s.KubeAPIBurst, "Burst to use while talking with kubernetes apiserver")
+	fs.Float32Var(&s.KubeAPIQPS, "kube-api-qps", s.KubeAPIQPS, "QPS to use while talking with kubernetes apiserver.")
+	fs.Int32Var(&s.KubeAPIBurst, "kube-api-burst", s.KubeAPIBurst, "Burst to use while talking with kubernetes apiserver.")
 	fs.DurationVar(&s.ControllerStartInterval.Duration, "controller-start-interval", s.ControllerStartInterval.Duration, "Interval between starting controller managers.")
 
 	leaderelectionconfig.BindFlags(&s.LeaderElection, fs)