diff --git a/src/main/java/technology/tabula/CommandLineApp.java b/src/main/java/technology/tabula/CommandLineApp.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/technology/tabula/CommandLineApp.java
+++ b/src/main/java/technology/tabula/CommandLineApp.java
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ public class CommandLineApp {
                 .build());
         o.addOption(Option.builder("a")
                 .longOpt("area")
-                .desc("-a/--area = Portion of the page to analyze. Accepts top,left,bottom,right . Example: --area 269.875,12.75,790.5,561. "
+                .desc("-a/--area = Portion of the page to analyze. Example: --area 269.875,12.75,790.5,561. "
+                        + "Accepts top,left,bottom,right i.e. y1,x1,y2,x2 "
                         + "If all values are between 0-100 (inclusive) and preceded by '%', input will be taken as % of actual height or width of the page. "
                         + "Example: --area %0,0,100,50. To specify multiple areas, -a option should be repeated. Default is entire page")
                 .hasArg()
clarify -a command's coordinate order