diff --git a/util/maintenance.php b/util/maintenance.php
index 650dade700..5d0c62196c 100644
--- a/util/maintenance.php
+++ b/util/maintenance.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if ($argc > 1) {
 	$maint_mode = intval($argv[1]);
 }
 
-Config::set('system', 'maintenance', $maint_mode);
+//Config::set('system', 'maintenance', $maint_mode);
 
 if ($maint_mode AND ($argc > 2)) {
 	$reason_arr = $argv;
@@ -49,5 +49,14 @@ if ($reason != '') {
 }
 
 echo "Usage:\n\n";
-echo "\tphp {$argv[0]} [1] [Maintenance reason|redirection url]\tSet the system in maintenance mode\n";
-echo "\tphp {$argv[0]} 0  \tSet the system in normal mode\n\n";
+echo "\tphp {$argv[0]} [1] [Maintenance reason|redirection url]\n";
+echo "\t\tSet the system in maintenance mode\n\n";
+echo "\t\tIf the optionally entered maintenance reason is an url\n";
+echo "\t\tthe visitor is redirected to that page.\n";
+echo "\n";
+echo "\t\tExamples:\n";
+echo "\t\t\tphp {$argv[0]} 1 System upgrade\n";
+echo "\t\t\tphp {$argv[0]} 1 http://domain.tld/downtime\n";
+echo "\n";
+echo "\tphp {$argv[0]} 0\n";
+echo "\t\tSet the system in normal mode\n\n";