diff --git a/Documentation/boilerplate.c b/Documentation/boilerplate.c
index 7da9374d4..057893bfb 100644
--- a/Documentation/boilerplate.c
+++ b/Documentation/boilerplate.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) usage(FILE *out)
 {
 	fputs(USAGE_HEADER, out);
 	fprintf(out, _(" %s [options] file...\n"), program_invocation_short_name);
+	fputs(USAGE_FUNCTIONS, out);
+	fputs(_(" -s, --do-something      some specific task\n"), out);
+	fputs(_(" -o, --do-other          some different task\n"), out);
 	fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, out);
 	fputs(_(" -n, --no-argument       option does not use argument\n"), out);
 	fputs(_("     --optional[=<arg>]  option argument is optional\n"), out);
diff --git a/include/c.h b/include/c.h
index a5162b964..b9369c1a8 100644
--- a/include/c.h
+++ b/include/c.h
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ static inline int xusleep(useconds_t usec)
  */
 #define USAGE_HEADER     _("\nUsage:\n")
 #define USAGE_OPTIONS    _("\nOptions:\n")
+#define USAGE_FUNCTIONS  _("\nFunctions:\n")
 #define USAGE_SEPARATOR    "\n"
 #define USAGE_HELP       _(" -h, --help     display this help and exit\n")
 #define USAGE_VERSION    _(" -V, --version  output version information and exit\n")
diff --git a/sys-utils/hwclock.c b/sys-utils/hwclock.c
index 28655b0b9..9d6bb11c0 100644
--- a/sys-utils/hwclock.c
+++ b/sys-utils/hwclock.c
@@ -1208,8 +1208,7 @@ usage(const struct hwclock_control *ctl, FILE *out)
 	fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, out);
 	fputs(_(" Query or set the hardware clock\n"), out);
 
-	fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, out);
-	fputs(_("Functions:\n"), out);
+	fputs(USAGE_FUNCTIONS, out);
 	fputs(_(" -r, --show           read hardware clock and print result\n"
 		"     --get            read hardware clock and print drift corrected result\n"
 		"     --set            set the RTC to the time given with --date\n"), out);