diff --git a/swh/fuse/cli.py b/swh/fuse/cli.py
index 60d9124..568f0a2 100644
--- a/swh/fuse/cli.py
+++ b/swh/fuse/cli.py
@@ -1,104 +1,120 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import asyncio
 from contextlib import ExitStack
 import os
 
 # WARNING: do not import unnecessary things here to keep cli startup time under
 # control
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Tuple
 
 import click
 from daemon import DaemonContext
 
 # from swh.core import config
 from swh.core.cli import CONTEXT_SETTINGS
 from swh.model.cli import SWHIDParamType
 
 # All generic config code should reside in swh.core.config
 DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = os.environ.get(
     "SWH_CONFIG_FILE", os.path.join(click.get_app_dir("swh"), "global.yml")
 )
 
 CACHE_HOME_DIR: Path = (
     Path(os.environ["XDG_CACHE_HOME"])
     if "XDG_CACHE_HOME" in os.environ
     else Path.home() / ".cache"
 )
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG: Dict[str, Tuple[str, Any]] = {
     "cache": (
         "dict",
         {
             "metadata": {"path": CACHE_HOME_DIR / "swh/fuse/metadata.sqlite"},
             "blob": {"path": CACHE_HOME_DIR / "swh/fuse/blob.sqlite"},
         },
     ),
     "web-api": (
         "dict",
         {"url": "https://archive.softwareheritage.org/api/1", "auth-token": None,},
     ),
 }
 
 
 @click.group(name="fuse", context_settings=CONTEXT_SETTINGS)
 # XXX  conffile logic temporarily commented out due to:
 # XXX  https://forge.softwareheritage.org/T2632
 # @click.option(
 #     "-C",
 #     "--config-file",
 #     default=DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH,
 #     type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=False, path_type=str),
 #     help="YAML configuration file",
 # )
 @click.pass_context
 def cli(ctx):
     """Software Heritage virtual file system"""
 
     # # recursive merge not done by config.read
     # conf = config.read_raw_config(config.config_basepath(config_file))
     # conf = config.merge_configs(DEFAULT_CONFIG, conf)
     conf = {}
 
     ctx.ensure_object(dict)
     ctx.obj["config"] = conf
 
 
 @cli.command()
 @click.argument(
     "path",
     required=True,
     metavar="PATH",
     type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=True, file_okay=False),
 )
 @click.argument("swhids", nargs=-1, metavar="[SWHID]...", type=SWHIDParamType())
 @click.option(
     "--config-file",
     "-C",
     default=None,
     type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=False,),
     help="YAML configuration file",
 )
 @click.option(
     "-f",
     "--foreground",
     is_flag=True,
     show_default=True,
     help="Run FUSE system in foreground instead of daemon",
 )
 @click.pass_context
 def mount(ctx, swhids, path, config_file, foreground):
-    """ Mount the Software Heritage archive at the given mount point """
+    """Mount the Software Heritage archive at PATH
+
+    If specified, objects referenced by the given SWHIDs will be prefetched and used to
+    populate the virtual file system (VFS). Otherwise the VFS will be populated
+    on-demand, when accessing its content.
+
+    \b
+    Example:
+
+    \b
+      $ mkdir swhfs
+      $ swh fuse mount swhfs/
+      $ grep printf swhfs/archive/swh:1:cnt:c839dea9e8e6f0528b468214348fee8669b305b2
+          printf("Hello, World!");
+      $
+
+    """
 
     from swh.core import config
     from swh.fuse import fuse
 
     conf = config.read(config_file, DEFAULT_CONFIG)
     with ExitStack() as stack:
         if not foreground:
             stack.enter_context(DaemonContext())
         asyncio.run(fuse.main(swhids, path, conf))