diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index bbaccff520..057a5feac0 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -21878,3 +21878,9 @@ David  27 Dec 2004
         uotd.inc
     sched/
         db_purge.C
+
+David  27 Dec 2004
+    - upgrade --help now works
+
+    tools/
+        upgrade
diff --git a/tools/upgrade b/tools/upgrade
index 3c32d2b6d2..9785da8b05 100755
--- a/tools/upgrade
+++ b/tools/upgrade
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ def syntax_error(str):
     raise SystemExit('%s; See "%s --help" for help\n' % (str, sys.argv[0]))
 
 try:
-    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], ['help', 'project_root='])
-except getopt.GetopError, e:
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], '', ['help', 'project_root='])
+except getopt.GetoptError, e:
     syntax_error(e)
 
 home = os.path.expanduser('~')