diff --git a/bin/vhost-add.sh b/bin/vhost-add.sh
index 1f4ce38..b575139 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-add.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-add.sh
@@ -7,25 +7,53 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
-# check for and set virtualhost
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Add virtualhost to this server."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename virtualhost username [OPTIONS]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo ""
+  echo "                Username must already exist. If need be run vhost-user-add.sh first."
+  exit
+}
+
+# check for and set virtualhost & username
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  if vhost::validate_domain $1; then
-    virtualhost=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
   else
-    echo "ERROR: $1 is not a valid domain name."
-    exit 1
+    # virtualhost
+    if vhost::validate_domain $1; then
+      virtualhost="${1,,}"
+      shift
+    else
+      echo "ERROR: $1 is not a valid domain name."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    # username
+    if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+      if [ $2 == "-h" ]; then
+        help
+      else
+        username="${2,,}"
+        shift
+      fi
+    else
+      echo "username not set"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    # last check for -h
+    if [ -n "$3" ]; then
+      if [ $3 == "-h" ]; then
+        help
+      fi
+    fi
   fi
 else
-  echo "virtualhost not set"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# check for and set username
-if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-  username=$2
-else
-  echo "username not set"
-  exit 1
+  help
 fi
 
 if [ ! -d /home/$username ]; then
diff --git a/bin/vhost-del.sh b/bin/vhost-del.sh
index 6b0c81f..57070c1 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-del.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-del.sh
@@ -7,12 +7,27 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Removes virtualhost from server."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename virtualhost [OPTIONS]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  exit
+}
+
 # check for and set virtualhost
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  virtualhost=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    virtualhost="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
 else
-  echo "virtualhost not set"
-  exit 1
+  help
 fi
 
 # remove virtualhost dir
diff --git a/bin/vhost-deploy.sh b/bin/vhost-deploy.sh
index 6337f57..41135f5 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-deploy.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-deploy.sh
@@ -7,16 +7,40 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
-# -v virtualhost (required)
-# -u username (optional)
-# -p password (optional)
-# -j jail (true or false, optional)
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Add virtualhost to this server, including shell user and MySQL database."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename virtualhost [OPTIONS]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -u USERNAME   Username to use for this virtualhost. Optional, defaults to first 8 characters of virtualhost."
+  echo "  -p PASSWORD   Password for username. Optional, random password generated if none specified."
+  echo "  -j            Whether or not to jail the user. Optional, default is to not jail user."
+  exit
+}
 
-while getopts ":v:u:p:j:" opt; do
+# check for and set virtualhost
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  elif vhost::validate_domain $1; then
+    virtualhost="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  else
+    echo "ERROR: Invalid virtualhost: $1"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  help
+fi
+
+while getopts "hu:p:j" opt; do
   case "${opt}" in
-      v )
-        virtualhost=${OPTARG}
-        ;;
+      h )
+        help
+        exit;;
       u )
         username=${OPTARG}
         ;;
@@ -24,7 +48,7 @@ while getopts ":v:u:p:j:" opt; do
         password=${OPTARG}
         ;;
       j )
-        jail=${OPTARG}
+        jail=true
         ;;
       \? )
         echo "Invalid option: $OPTARG"
@@ -43,11 +67,6 @@ if [ ! -n "$virtualhost" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if ! vhost::validate_domain $virtualhost; then
-  echo "ERROR: $virtualhost is not a valid domain name."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 if [ -d /srv/www/$virtualhost ] || [ -f /etc/apache2/sites-available/$virtualhost.conf ]; then
   echo "virtualhost for $virtualhost already installed"
   exit 1
@@ -64,10 +83,8 @@ if ! grep -q "^$username:" /etc/passwd; then
   if [ ! -n "$password" ]; then
     password=`/usr/bin/pwgen 12 1`
   fi
-  # set userid
-  userid=`awk -F: '{uid[$3]=1}END{for(x=1000; x<=65534; x++) {if(uid[x] != ""){}else{print x; exit;}}}' /etc/passwd`
   # add user
-  /usr/local/bin/vhost-user-add.sh $username "$password" $userid
+  /usr/local/bin/vhost-user-add.sh $username -p "$password"
   # if jail option is set then jail user
   if [[ $jail = true ]]; then
     /usr/local/bin/vhost-user-jail.sh $username > /dev/null 2>&1
@@ -76,3 +93,6 @@ fi
 
 # add virtualhost
 /usr/local/bin/vhost-add.sh $virtualhost $username > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+# add mysql database
+/usr/local/bin/vhost-mysql-db-add.sh $virtualhost > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/bin/vhost-destroy.sh b/bin/vhost-destroy.sh
index 3ea5798..04766bf 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-destroy.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-destroy.sh
@@ -7,30 +7,59 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Remove virtualhost and associated user & database & db user from this server."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename virtualhost"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  exit
+}
+
 # check for and set virtualhost
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  virtualhost=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  elif [ ! -d /srv/www/$1 ]; then
+    echo "virtualhost dir does not exist"
+    exit 1
+  else
+    virtualhost="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
 else
-  echo "virtualhost not set"
-  exit 1
+  help
 fi
 
-# First check for virtualhost. Redundant
-# as vhost-del.sh run later does this same check
-# but prevents connecting to all nodes unnecessarily
-if [ ! -d /srv/www/$virtualhost ]; then
-  echo "virtualhost dir does not exist"
-  exit 1
+# check for database and delete if it exists
+database=${virtualhost//./dot}
+database=${database//-/dash}
+if [ -d /var/lib/mysql/$database ]; then
+  /usr/local/bin/vhost-mysql-db-del.sh $virtualhost
 fi
 
-# check for userdel option and set username if enabled
-if [ -n "$2" ] && [ $2 = "userdel" ]; then
-  username=$(stat -c '%U' /srv/www/$virtualhost)
-fi
+# get & set username for this virtualhost
+username=$(stat -c '%U' /srv/www/$virtualhost)
 
+# check for a delete varnish config
+
+# del virtualhost files & configs
 /usr/local/bin/vhost-del.sh $virtualhost
 
-# check for userdel option
-if [ -n "$2" ] && [ $2 = "userdel" ] && [ -n $username ]; then
+# check for any remaining virtualhosts before deleting user
+# same check is done in vhost-user-del.sh
+# but doing this here avoids generating any errors
+existingvirtualhosts=false
+vhost::set-virtualhostArray
+for v in "${virtualhostArray[@]}"
+do
+  if [ $(stat -c '%U' /srv/www/$v) = $username ]; then
+    existingvirtualhosts=true
+  fi
+done
+
+if [[ $existingvirtualhosts = false ]]; then
   /usr/local/bin/vhost-user-del.sh $username
 fi
diff --git a/bin/vhost-disable.sh b/bin/vhost-disable.sh
index 0bf144c..6c59240 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-disable.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-disable.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,25 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Disable Apache config for specified virtualhost."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename virtualhost"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  exit
+}
+
 # check for and set virtualhost
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  virtualhost=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    virtualhost="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
 else
   echo "virtualhost not set"
   exit 1
diff --git a/bin/vhost-enable.sh b/bin/vhost-enable.sh
index 68b5ba5..63f348d 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-enable.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-enable.sh
@@ -7,54 +7,86 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
-# vhost-enable.sh macro_name vhost [subdomain|alias]
-# vhost-enable.sh VHostHTTPS example.com
-# vhost-enable.sh VHostSubdomainHTTPS example.com staging
-# vhost-enable.sh VHostAliasHTTPS example.com existingsite
-# vhost-enable.sh VMailHTTPS mail.example.com
-# vhost-enable.sh RedirectHTTPS example.com https://my.newsite.com/path/page.html
-#
-# mod_macro config will look like:
-# Use VHostHTTP $vhost $username
-# Use VHostHTTPS $vhost $username
-# Use VHostHTTPSVarnish $vhost $username
-# Use VHostSubdomainHTTP $vhost $username $subdomain
-# Use VHostSubdomainHTTPS $vhost $username $subdomain
-# Use VHostSubdomainHTTPSVarnish $vhost $username $subdomain
-# Use VHostAliasHTTP $vhost $username $alias
-# Use VHostAliasHTTPS $vhost $username $alias
-# Use VHostAliasHTTPSVarnish $vhost $username $alias
-# Use VMailHTTPS $vhost
-# Use RedirectHTTP $vhost $redirect
-# Use RedirectHTTPS $vhost $redirect
-#
-# $username is autodetected from vhost dir ownership
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Enable Apache config for virtualhost."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename macro_name vhost [subdomain|alias]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h    Print this help."
+  echo ""
+  echo "        Available Apache Macros:"
+  echo ""
+# working on building autodetected macros
+# needs work - remove $username, set other vars
+# default_ifs="$IFS"
+# IFS=""
+# macro_help_array=($(grep Macro /etc/apache2/mods-available/macro.conf|cut -d ' ' -f 2-|cut -d \> -f 1|grep -v Macro))
+# for each_macro in ${macro_help_array[*]}
+# do
+#     echo "${each_macro}"
+# done
+# IFS="$default_ifs"
+  echo ""
+  echo "        Usage examples:"
+  echo "        vhost-enable.sh VHostHTTPS example.com"
+  echo "        vhost-enable.sh VHostSubdomainHTTPS example.com staging"
+  echo "        vhost-enable.sh VHostAliasHTTPS example.com existingsite"
+  echo "        vhost-enable.sh VMailHTTPS mail.example.com"
+  echo "        vhost-enable.sh RedirectHTTPS example.com https://my.newsite.com/path/page.html"
+  echo ""
+  echo "        Apache mod_macro config will look like:"
+  echo '        Use VHostHTTP $vhost $username'
+  echo '        Use VHostHTTPS $vhost $username'
+  echo '        Use VHostHTTPSVarnish $vhost $username'
+  echo '        Use VHostSubdomainHTTP $vhost $username $subdomain'
+  echo '        Use VHostSubdomainHTTPS $vhost $username $subdomain'
+  echo '        Use VHostSubdomainHTTPSVarnish $vhost $username $subdomain'
+  echo '        Use VHostAliasHTTP $vhost $username $alias'
+  echo '        Use VHostAliasHTTPS $vhost $username $alias'
+  echo '        Use VHostAliasHTTPSVarnish $vhost $username $alias'
+  echo '        Use VMailHTTPS $vhost'
+  echo '        Use RedirectHTTP $vhost $redirect'
+  echo '        Use RedirectHTTPS $vhost $redirect'
+  echo ''
+  echo '        $username is autodetected from vhost dir ownership'
+  echo "        See /etc/apache2/mods-available/macro.conf for macro details."
+  echo ""
+  exit
+}
 
 macro_array=($(grep Macro /etc/apache2/mods-available/macro.conf |cut -d ' ' -f 2|grep -v Macro))
 macro_vhost_line="Use"
 
-# check for and set mode
+# check for and set macro & vhost
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  macro_name=$1
-  if [[ " ${macro_array[@]} " =~ " ${macro_name} " ]]; then
-    macro_vhost_line="$macro_vhost_line $macro_name"
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
   else
-    echo "invalid macro name"
-    exit 1
+    # check for and set macro
+    macro_name=$1
+    shift
+    if [[ " ${macro_array[@]} " =~ " ${macro_name} " ]]; then
+      macro_vhost_line="$macro_vhost_line $macro_name"
+    else
+      echo "invalid macro name"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    # check for and set vhost
+    if [ -n "$2" ]; then
+      vhost=$2
+      shift
+      macro_vhost_line="$macro_vhost_line $vhost"
+      vhost_conf="$vhost.conf"
+    else
+      echo "vhost not set"
+      echo
+      help
+    fi
   fi
 else
-  echo "macro name not set"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# check for and set vhost
-if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-  vhost=$2
-  macro_vhost_line="$macro_vhost_line $vhost"
-  vhost_conf="$vhost.conf"
-else
-  echo "vhost not set"
-  exit 1
+  help
 fi
 
 # set username for all VHost macros
diff --git a/bin/vhost-fix-perms.sh b/bin/vhost-fix-perms.sh
index 9c4aeba..367df69 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-fix-perms.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-fix-perms.sh
@@ -7,13 +7,40 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
-if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  if [ "$1" = '--verbose' ] || [ "$1" = '-v' ]; then
-    mode=verbose
-  elif [ "$1" = '--dry-run' ] || [ "$1" = '-n' ]; then
-    mode=dry-run
-  fi
-fi
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Make sure all home (/home/...) and virtualhost (/srv/www/...) files are owned by correct users."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename [OPTIONS]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -n            dry-run - List all files that need modification, but don't actually do anything."
+  echo "  -v            verbose - List all files that are being modified."
+  exit
+}
+
+while getopts "hvn" opt; do
+  case "${opt}" in
+      h )
+        help
+        ;;
+      v )
+        mode=verbose
+        ;;
+      n )
+        mode=dry-run
+        ;;
+      \? )
+        echo "Invalid option: $OPTARG"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+      : )
+        echo "Invalid option: $OPTARG requires an argument"
+        exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
 
 for VHOST in /srv/www/*/; {
 
diff --git a/bin/vhost-mysql-db-add.sh b/bin/vhost-mysql-db-add.sh
index ecf7772..955cc51 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-mysql-db-add.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-mysql-db-add.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,35 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Creates default MySQL database and db user for specified virtualhost."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename virtualhost. [OPTIONS]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -u USERNAME   Username for accessing the database. Optional, autogenerated if none specified."
+  echo "  -p PASSWORD   Password for username. Optional, random password generated if none specified."
+  echo ""
+  echo "                MySQL database names is based on virtualhost, with . replaced by the word 'dot'"
+  echo "                and - replaced by the word 'dash'. If username is autogenerated it is based on"
+  echo "                the shell username & the virtualhost name."
+  echo "                e.g. for virtualost example.com the db name will be 'exampledotcom' and the"
+  echo "                username will be examplec@example.com."
+  echo "                db info stored in a file named /srv/www/$virtualhost/db_info.txt"
+  exit
+}
+
+
 # check for and set virtualhost
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  virtualhost=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    virtualhost="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
 else
   echo "virtualhost not set"
   exit 1
@@ -31,11 +57,14 @@ if [ -d /var/lib/mysql/$database ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# get & set username of virtualhost
+vhost_username=$(stat -c '%U' /srv/www/$virtualhost)
+
 # check for and set mysql username
 if [ -n "$2" ]; then
   username=$2
 else
-  username=$(stat -c '%U' /srv/www/$virtualhost)@$virtualhost
+  username=$vhost_username@$virtualhost
 fi
 
 # check for and set mysql password
@@ -50,4 +79,13 @@ mysql -e "CREATE USER '$username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$password';"
 mysql -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON $database.* TO '$username'@'localhost';"
 mysqladmin flush-privileges
 
+# save mysql db info to file
+touch /srv/www/$virtualhost/db_info.txt
+chown $vhost_username:$vhost_username /srv/www/$virtualhost/db_info.txt
+chmod 640 /srv/www/$virtualhost/db_info.txt
+echo "hostname=127.0.0.1" > /srv/www/$virtualhost/db_info.txt
+echo "database=$database" >> /srv/www/$virtualhost/db_info.txt
+echo "username=$username" >> /srv/www/$virtualhost/db_info.txt
+echo "password=$password" >> /srv/www/$virtualhost/db_info.txt
+
 echo "database '$database' created with username '$username' and password '$password'"
diff --git a/bin/vhost-mysql-db-del.sh b/bin/vhost-mysql-db-del.sh
index fa55d2f..2e91fee 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-mysql-db-del.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-mysql-db-del.sh
@@ -7,47 +7,41 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
-# # check for and set virtualhost
-# if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-#   virtualhost=$1
-# else
-#   echo "virtualhost not set"
-#   exit 1
-# fi
-#
-# # make sure virtualhost exists
-# if [ ! -d /srv/www/$virtualhost ]; then
-#   echo "virtualhost $virtualhost does not exist"
-#   exit 1
-# fi
-#
-# # set database name
-# database=${virtualhost//./dot}
-# database=${database//-/dash}
-#
-# # make sure database doesn't already exist
-# if [ -d /var/lib/mysql/$database ]; then
-#   echo "database $database already exists"
-#   exit 1
-# fi
-#
-# # check for and set mysql username
-# if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-#   username=$2
-# else
-#   username=$(stat -c '%U' /srv/www/$virtualhost)@$virtualhost
-# fi
-#
-# # check for and set mysql password
-# if [ -n "$3" ]; then
-#   password=$3
-# else
-#   password=`/usr/bin/pwgen 16 1`
-# fi
-#
-# mysqladmin create $database
-# mysql -e "CREATE USER '$username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$password';"
-# mysql -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON $database.* TO '$username'@'localhost';"
-# mysqladmin flush-privileges
-#
-# echo "database '$database' created with username '$username' and password '$password'"
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Remove MySQL database and default db user for the specified virtualhost."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename virtualhost."
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  exit
+}
+
+# check for and set virtualhost.
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    virtualhost="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
+else
+  echo "virtualhost not set"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# set database name
+database=${virtualhost//./dot}
+database=${database//-/dash}
+
+# drop database
+mysql -e "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS $database;"
+
+# set default username and attempt to drop user
+if [ -d /srv/www/$virtualhost ]; then
+  vhost_username=$(stat -c '%U' /srv/www/$virtualhost)
+  username=$vhost_username@$virtualhost
+  mysql -e "DROP USER IF EXISTS '$username'@'localhost';"
+  mysqladmin flush-privileges
+fi
diff --git a/bin/vhost-user-add.sh b/bin/vhost-user-add.sh
index d154bc7..c014341 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-user-add.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-user-add.sh
@@ -7,30 +7,66 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Add system user to server."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename username [OPTIONS]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  echo "  -p PASSWORD   Password for username. Optional, random password generated if none specified."
+  echo "  -u UID        Numberic User ID to assign to user. Optional, next available uid set if none specified."
+  exit
+}
+
 # check for and set username
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  username=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    username="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
 else
   echo "username not set"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# check for and set password
-if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-  password=$2
-else
-  echo "password not set"
-  exit 1
+while getopts "hp:u:" opt; do
+  case "${opt}" in
+      h )
+        help
+      p )
+        password=${OPTARG}
+        ;;
+      u )
+        uid=${OPTARG}
+        ;;
+      \? )
+        echo "Invalid option: $OPTARG"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+      : )
+        echo "Invalid option: $OPTARG requires an argument"
+        exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# generate password if none specified
+if [ ! -n "$password" ]; then
+  password=`/usr/bin/pwgen 12 1`
 fi
 
-# check for and set userid
-if [ -n "$3" ]; then
-  userid=$3
-else
-  echo "userid not set"
-  exit 1
+# get next UID if none specified
+if [ ! -n "$uid" ]; then
+  userid=`awk -F: '{uid[$3]=1}END{for(x=1000; x<=65534; x++) {if(uid[x] != ""){}else{print x; exit;}}}' /etc/passwd`
 fi
 
+# user & related files are only added if they don't already exist
+# in this way it's safe to repeatedly try to add the same user
+
 if ! /bin/grep -q "^$username:" /etc/passwd; then
   newusers="$username:$password:$userid:$userid::/home/$username:/bin/bash"
   echo "$newusers"|newusers
diff --git a/bin/vhost-user-del.sh b/bin/vhost-user-del.sh
index a4b33aa..766bb4e 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-user-del.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-user-del.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,25 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Remove user from this server."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename username"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  exit
+}
+
 # check for and set username
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  username=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    username="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
 else
   echo "username not set"
   exit 1
diff --git a/bin/vhost-user-jail-reset.sh b/bin/vhost-user-jail-reset.sh
index b342e8b..5c10695 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-user-jail-reset.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-user-jail-reset.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,25 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Rebuild jail for specified user."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename username [OPTIONS]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  exit
+}
+
 # check for and set username
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  username=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    username="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
 else
   echo "username not set"
   exit 1
diff --git a/bin/vhost-user-jail.sh b/bin/vhost-user-jail.sh
index 111c144..eb4a1d2 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-user-jail.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-user-jail.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,25 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Jail specified user."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename username"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  exit
+}
+
 # check for and set username
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  username=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    username="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
 else
   echo "username not set"
   exit 1
diff --git a/bin/vhost-user-jails-cp.sh b/bin/vhost-user-jails-cp.sh
index 03a3883..b908dff 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-user-jails-cp.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-user-jails-cp.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,25 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Add file to all existing jails."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename pathtofile"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  exit
+}
+
 # check for and set file to be copied in to jails
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  cpfile=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    cpfile=$1
+    shift
+  fi
 else
   echo "file to copy in to jails not set"
   exit 1
diff --git a/bin/vhost-user-jails-reset.sh b/bin/vhost-user-jails-reset.sh
index 0b551a0..9dd8c2a 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-user-jails-reset.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-user-jails-reset.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Rebuilds all existing jails by running vhost-user-jail-reset.sh for each jailed user."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h            Print this help."
+  exit
+}
+
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  fi
+fi
+
 # make sure jails dir exists
 if [[ ! -e /usr/jails/ ]]; then
   echo "/usr/jails does not exist"
diff --git a/bin/vhost-user-jails-update.sh b/bin/vhost-user-jails-update.sh
index 81213c2..8f19e53 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-user-jails-update.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-user-jails-update.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,31 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Updates all existing jails."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h    Print this help."
+  echo ""
+  echo "        Cycles through all existing jails and runs jk_update"
+  echo "        for each one. This updates all software installed in"
+  echo "        the jails to match the latest versions installed on"
+  echo "        the host server. e.g. if php-cli gets update on the"
+  echo "        host this syncs that update to all the jails."
+  exit
+}
+
+# check for -h
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+    exit
+  fi
+fi
+
 # make sure jails dir exists
 if [[ ! -e /usr/jails/ ]]; then
   echo "/usr/jails does not exist"
diff --git a/bin/vhost-varnish-disable.sh b/bin/vhost-varnish-disable.sh
index e226083..8d80092 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-varnish-disable.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-varnish-disable.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,28 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
-# varnish-disable.sh virtualhost
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Disables Varnish config for specified virtualhost."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename virtualhost"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h    Print this help."
+  echo ""
+  echo "        Varnish is proxied through Apache. This disables the"
+  echo "        Apache proxy to Varnish and removes the varnish config."
+  exit
+}
 
 # check for and set virtualhost
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  virtualhost=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    virtualhost="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
 else
   echo "virtualhost not set"
   exit 1
@@ -41,7 +58,11 @@ if [[ "$macro_name" == *"Subdomain"* ]] || [[ "$macro_name" == *"Alias"* ]]; the
   vhost_enable="$vhost_enable $macro_var"
 fi
 
-# uncomment to flush varnish cache
-# systemctl is-active --quiet varnish && systemctl reload --quiet varnish
+/usr/local/bin/vhost-enable.sh $vhost_enable
 
-echo /usr/local/bin/vhost-enable.sh $vhost_enable
+if [ -f /etc/varnish/sites.d/$virtualhost ]; then
+  rm /etc/varnish/sites.d/$virtualhost
+  /usr/local/bin/vhost-varnish-update-sites.sh $vhost_enable
+  # uncomment to flush varnish cache
+  # systemctl is-active --quiet varnish && systemctl reload --quiet varnish
+fi
diff --git a/bin/vhost-varnish-enable.sh b/bin/vhost-varnish-enable.sh
index 3343841..d956863 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-varnish-enable.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-varnish-enable.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,29 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Enables Varnish for specified virtualhost."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename virtualhost. [OPTIONS]"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h    Print this help."
+  echo ""
+  echo "        Creates Varnish config, loads it in Varnish and then"
+  echo "        enables Apache proxy to Varnish for virtualhost."
+  exit
+}
+
 # check for and set virtualhost
+# check for and set username
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-  virtualhost=$1
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+  else
+    virtualhost="${1,,}"
+    shift
+  fi
 else
   echo "virtualhost not set"
   exit 1
diff --git a/bin/vhost-varnish-update-sites.sh b/bin/vhost-varnish-update-sites.sh
index e8cd209..52ac391 100755
--- a/bin/vhost-varnish-update-sites.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost-varnish-update-sites.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,32 @@
 # load include file
 source $(dirname $0)/vhost.sh
 
+help()
+{
+  thisfilename=$(basename -- "$0")
+  echo "Makes sure all existing varnish configs are loaded."
+  echo ""
+  echo "usage: $thisfilename"
+  echo ""
+  echo "  -h    Print this help."
+  echo ""
+  echo "        The varnish config is broken down in to individual"
+  echo "        configurations for each virtualhost. Each config has"
+  echo "        to be included by the master sites.vcl. This tool makes"
+  echo "        sure all existing virtualhost varnish configs are"
+  echo "        properly included in sites.vcl, and removes includes"
+  echo "        for varnish virtualhost configs that have been deleted."
+  exit
+}
+
+# check for -h
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+  if [ $1 == "-h" ]; then
+    help
+    exit
+  fi
+fi
+
 if [ ! -f /etc/varnish/sites.d/example.com.vcl ]; then
 
   echo "ERROR: example.vlc does not exist"
diff --git a/bin/vhost.sh b/bin/vhost.sh
index 74f7f2d..4a9788b 100755
--- a/bin/vhost.sh
+++ b/bin/vhost.sh
@@ -36,3 +36,8 @@ function vhost::validate_domain () {
     return 1
   fi
 }
+
+# check for local config, which can be used to override any of the above
+if [[ -f /usr/local/etc/vhost.conf ]]; then
+  source /usr/local/etc/vhost.conf
+fi