diff --git a/lit.cabal b/lit.cabal
--- a/lit.cabal
+++ b/lit.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -- Initial lit.cabal generated by cabal init.  For further documentation, 
 
 name:                lit
-version:             0.1.0.2
+version:             0.1.0.3
 synopsis:            A simple tool for literate programming
 description:         lit has a minimal syntax for implementing literate
                      programming. It generates both HTML and the native
diff --git a/src/lit.hs b/src/lit.hs
--- a/src/lit.hs
+++ b/src/lit.hs
@@ -77,12 +77,13 @@
        (NoArg
            (\_ -> do
                prg <- getProgName
-               hPutStrLn stderr (usageInfo header options)
+               hPutStrLn stderr (usageInfo usage options)
                exitWith ExitSuccess))
        "Display help"
     ]
 
-header = "Usage: lit OPTIONS... FILES..."
+usage = "Usage: lit OPTIONS... FILES..."
+help = "Try:   lit --help"
 
 main = do
     args <- getArgs
@@ -114,6 +115,6 @@
         errors'' = if docsDirCheck then [] else ["Directory: " ++ docsDir ++ " does not exist\n"]
         allErr = errors ++ errors' ++ errors''
 
-    if allErr /= [] || (not html && not code && not markdown)
-        then hPutStrLn stderr ((concat allErr) ++ header) 
+    if allErr /= [] || (not html && not code && not markdown) || files == []
+        then hPutStrLn stderr ((concat allErr) ++ help) 
         else (maybeWatch (Processing.build mCss pipes)) files