diff --git a/pubs/commands/import_cmd.py b/pubs/commands/import_cmd.py
index 775ae41..b8f663b 100644
--- a/pubs/commands/import_cmd.py
+++ b/pubs/commands/import_cmd.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ _IGNORING_MSG = " Ignoring it."
 def parser(subparsers, conf):
     parser = subparsers.add_parser(
         'import',
-        help='import paper(s) to the repository.')
+        help='import paper(s) to the repository')
     parser.add_argument(
         'bibpath',
         help=("path to bibtex, bibtexml or bibyaml file, or a directory "
diff --git a/pubs/commands/statistics_cmd.py b/pubs/commands/statistics_cmd.py
index a606fa0..9f8a9f3 100644
--- a/pubs/commands/statistics_cmd.py
+++ b/pubs/commands/statistics_cmd.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from .. import color
 def parser(subparsers, conf):
     parser = subparsers.add_parser(
         'statistics',
-        help="show statistics on the repository.")
+        help="show statistics on the repository")
     return parser