diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ab5a25..5360b23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ node.js library usage of bunyan in your apps.
   [`src: true`](#src)
 - light-weight specialization of Logger instances with [`log.child`](#logchild)
 - custom rendering of logged objects with ["serializers"](#serializers)
-- [Dtrace support](#dtrace-support)
+- [Runtime log snooping via Dtrace support](#dtrace-support)
 
 
 # Introduction
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ This example emits:
 
 
 
-# DTrace support
+# Runtime log snooping via DTrace
 
 On systems that support DTrace (e.g., MacOS, FreeBSD, illumos derivatives
 like SmartOS and OmniOS), Bunyan will create a DTrace provider (`bunyan`)
diff --git a/bin/bunyan b/bin/bunyan
index a6ea2a9..e220fd3 100755
--- a/bin/bunyan
+++ b/bin/bunyan
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function printHelp() {
     p('  -h, --help    print this help info and exit');
     p('  --version     print version of this command and exit');
     p('');
-    p('DTrace options (only on dtrace-supporting platforms):');
+    p('Runtime log snooping (via DTrace, only on supported platforms):');
     p('  -p PID        Process bunyan:log-* probes from the process');
     p('                with the given PID. Can be used multiple times,');
     p('                or specify all processes with "*", or a set of');