diff --git a/sciotest/main.cpp b/sciotest/main.cpp
index 817a151..1ad3533 100644
--- a/sciotest/main.cpp
+++ b/sciotest/main.cpp
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 void print_help() {
-    std::cout << "usage: sciotest [-h][-v][-t TEST_ID]\n";
+    std::cout << "usage: sciotest -h|-v|-t TEST_ID\n";
     std::cout << "  -h, --help    show this help text and exit\n";
-    std::cout << "  -t, --test    perform test with given ID\n";
+    std::cout << "  -t, --test    perform test with given TEST_ID\n";
+    std::cout << "                currently a number between 1 and 5, inclusive\n";
     std::cout << "  -v, --version show version number and exit\n";
 }
 
@@ -88,8 +89,9 @@ void test5() {
     file << "A line of text\n";
     file.seekg(0);
     string line;
-    file >> line;
-    cout << line;
+    if (getline(file, line)) {
+        cout << line << '\n';
+    }
     throw_if_min1(::close(fd));
 }