diff --git a/cli/flags.go b/cli/flags.go
index 0c6f1b91..6ad6bcb5 100644
--- a/cli/flags.go
+++ b/cli/flags.go
@@ -15,26 +15,35 @@
 package cli
 
 var flags = map[string]string{
-	"db":   `Database configuration path used for storing data. Available backend stores are memory, rixxdb, or dendrodb. (default "memory").`,
+	"db":   `Database configuration path used for storing data. Available backend stores are memory, file, s3, gcs, rixxdb, or dendrodb. (default "memory").`,
 	"key":  `Encryption key to use for intra-cluster communications, and on-disk encryption. For AES-128 encryption use a 16 bit key, for AES-192 encryption use a 24 bit key, and for AES-256 encryption use a 32 bit key.`,
+	"sync": `A time duration to use when syncing data to persistent storage. To sync data with every write specify '0', otherwise the data will be persisted asynchronously after the specified duration.`,
 	"join": `A comma-separated list of addresses to use when a new node is joining an existing cluster. For the first node in a cluster, --join should NOT be specified.`,
 }
 
 var usage = map[string][]string{
 	"db": {
 		"--db-path memory",
-		"--db-path rixxdb://surreal.db",
+		"--db-path file://surreal.db",
+		"--db-path logr://path/to/surreal.db",
+		"--db-path s3://bucket/path/to/surreal.db",
+		"--db-path gcs://bucket/path/to/surreal.db",
 		"--db-path dendro://user:pass@192.168.1.100",
 	},
+	"key": {
+		"--key 1hg7dbrma8ghe547",
+		"--key 1hg7dbrma8ghe5473kghvie6",
+		"--key 1hg7dbrma8ghe5473kghvie64jgi3ph4",
+	},
+	"sync": {
+		"--db-sync 0",
+		"--db-sync 5s",
+		"--db-sync 1m",
+	},
 	"join": {
 		"--join 10.0.0.1",
 		"--join 10.0.0.1:33693",
 		"--join 10.0.0.1:33693,10.0.0.2:33693",
 		"--join 89.13.7.33:33693,example.com:33693",
 	},
-	"key": {
-		"--key 1hg7dbrma8ghe547",
-		"--key 1hg7dbrma8ghe5473kghvie6",
-		"--key 1hg7dbrma8ghe5473kghvie64jgi3ph4",
-	},
 }
diff --git a/cli/setup.go b/cli/setup.go
index 2417d223..65b1eaaa 100644
--- a/cli/setup.go
+++ b/cli/setup.go
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ func setup() {
 		opts.Auth.Pass = string(rand.New(20))
 	}
 
-	//
+	// Ensure that login as
+	// root can only be from
+	// specified ip addresses
 
 	for _, cidr := range opts.Auth.Addr {
 		_, subn, err := net.ParseCIDR(cidr)
diff --git a/cli/start.go b/cli/start.go
index e7bffc60..a84b7c56 100644
--- a/cli/start.go
+++ b/cli/start.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func init() {
 	startCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&opts.DB.Cert.Crt, "db-crt", "", "Path to the certificate file used to connect to the remote database.")
 	startCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&opts.DB.Cert.Key, "db-key", "", "Path to the private key file used to connect to the remote database.")
 	startCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&opts.DB.Path, "db-path", "", flag("db"))
-	startCmd.PersistentFlags().DurationVar(&opts.DB.Time, "db-sync", 0, "Something here")
+	startCmd.PersistentFlags().DurationVar(&opts.DB.Time, "db-sync", 0, flag("sync"))
 
 	startCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVarP(&opts.Node.Join, "join", "j", nil, flag("join"))