diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/ConsoleConsumerOptions.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/ConsoleConsumerOptions.java
index 60ee8f61ffa..fe33bfe6c68 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/ConsoleConsumerOptions.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/ConsoleConsumerOptions.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public final class ConsoleConsumerOptions extends CommandDefaultOptions {
                             " print.value=true|false\n" +
                             " key.separator=<key.separator>\n" +
                             " line.separator=<line.separator>\n" +
-                            " headers.separator=<line.separator>\n" +
+                            " headers.separator=<headers.separator>\n" +
                             " null.literal=<null.literal>\n" +
                             " key.deserializer=<key.deserializer>\n" +
                             " value.deserializer=<value.deserializer>\n" +
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/ConsoleShareConsumerOptions.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/ConsoleShareConsumerOptions.java
index b1c3fa365d5..f00407b25eb 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/ConsoleShareConsumerOptions.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/ConsoleShareConsumerOptions.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public final class ConsoleShareConsumerOptions extends CommandDefaultOptions {
                                 " print.value=true|false\n" +
                                 " key.separator=<key.separator>\n" +
                                 " line.separator=<line.separator>\n" +
-                                " headers.separator=<line.separator>\n" +
+                                " headers.separator=<headers.separator>\n" +
                                 " null.literal=<null.literal>\n" +
                                 " key.deserializer=<key.deserializer>\n" +
                                 " value.deserializer=<value.deserializer>\n" +