diff --git a/cli/options/options.go b/cli/options/options.go
index 390bf3771..ce5534574 100644
--- a/cli/options/options.go
+++ b/cli/options/options.go
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ var RPC = []cli.Flag{
 	},
 	cli.DurationFlag{
 		Name:  "timeout, s",
-		Usage: "Timeout for the operation (10 seconds by default)",
+		Value: DefaultTimeout,
+		Usage: "Timeout for the operation",
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/query/query.go b/cli/query/query.go
index 8561c2f17..1eb141e3e 100644
--- a/cli/query/query.go
+++ b/cli/query/query.go
@@ -56,10 +56,11 @@ func NewCommands() []cli.Command {
 				Flags:  options.RPC,
 			},
 			{
-				Name:   "tx",
-				Usage:  "Query transaction status",
-				Action: queryTx,
-				Flags:  queryTxFlags,
+				Name:      "tx",
+				Usage:     "Query transaction status",
+				UsageText: "neo-go query tx <hash> -r endpoint [-v]",
+				Action:    queryTx,
+				Flags:     queryTxFlags,
 			},
 			{
 				Name:   "voter",