diff --git a/tabcmd/commands/extracts/refresh_extracts_command.py b/tabcmd/commands/extracts/refresh_extracts_command.py
index b88f220b..0e4392bb 100644
--- a/tabcmd/commands/extracts/refresh_extracts_command.py
+++ b/tabcmd/commands/extracts/refresh_extracts_command.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def define_args(refresh_extract_parser):
         set_calculations_options(group)
         set_project_arg(group)
         set_parent_project_arg(group)
+        set_sync_wait_options(group)
 
     @staticmethod
     def run_command(args):
@@ -31,14 +32,11 @@ def run_command(args):
         server = session.create_session(args, logger)
 
         if args.addcalculations or args.removecalculations:
-            logger.warning("Add/Remove Calculations tasks are not yet implemented.")
+            logger.warning("Add/Remove Calculations tasks are not supported.")
 
-        # are these two mandatory? mutually exclusive?
         # docs: the REST method always runs a full refresh even if the refresh type is set to incremental.
         if args.incremental:  # docs: run the incremental refresh
             logger.warn("Incremental refresh is not yet available through the new tabcmd")
-        # if args.synchronous:  # docs: run a full refresh and poll until it completes
-        # else:  run a full refresh but don't poll for completion
 
         try:
             item = Extracts.get_wb_or_ds_for_extracts(args, logger, server)
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ def run_command(args):
 
         logger.info(_("common.output.job_queued_success"))
         logger.debug("Extract refresh queued with JobID: {}".format(job.id))
-
         if args.synchronous:
             # maintains a live connection to the server while the refresh operation is underway, polling every second
             # until the background job is done.   <job id="JOB_ID" mode="MODE" type="RefreshExtract" />
diff --git a/tabcmd/execution/global_options.py b/tabcmd/execution/global_options.py
index 6c972616..849316ef 100644
--- a/tabcmd/execution/global_options.py
+++ b/tabcmd/execution/global_options.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def set_append_replace_option(parser):
     )
 
     # what's the difference between this and 'overwrite'?
-    # This is meant for when a) the local file is an extract b) the server item is an existing data source
+    # This one replaces the data but not the metadata
     append_group.add_argument(
         "--replace",
         action="store_true",
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def set_append_replace_option(parser):
     )
 
 
-# this is meant to be like replacing like
+# this is meant to be publish the whole thing on top of what's there
 def set_overwrite_option(parser):
     parser.add_argument(
         "-o",
@@ -368,13 +368,16 @@ def set_overwrite_option(parser):
 
 # refresh-extracts
 def set_incremental_options(parser):
-    sync_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
-    sync_group.add_argument("--incremental", action="store_true", help="Runs the incremental refresh operation.")
-    sync_group.add_argument(
+    parser.add_argument("--incremental", action="store_true", help="Runs the incremental refresh operation.")
+    return parser
+
+
+def set_sync_wait_options(parser):
+    parser.add_argument(
         "--synchronous",
         action="store_true",
         help="Adds the full refresh operation to the queue used by the Backgrounder process, to be run as soon as a \
-        Backgrounder process is available.",
+        Backgrounder process is available. The program will wait until the job has finished or the timeout has been reached.",
     )
     return parser