diff --git a/ydb/public/lib/ydb_cli/commands/ydb_service_topic.cpp b/ydb/public/lib/ydb_cli/commands/ydb_service_topic.cpp
index c3dd8564371b..4e35fb0986ba 100644
--- a/ydb/public/lib/ydb_cli/commands/ydb_service_topic.cpp
+++ b/ydb/public/lib/ydb_cli/commands/ydb_service_topic.cpp
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ namespace NYdb::NConsoleClient {
             .StoreResult(&IdleTimeout_);
         config.Opts->AddLongOption("commit", "Commit messages after successful read")
             .Optional()
-            .DefaultValue(true)
+            .DefaultValue(false)
             .StoreResult(&Commit_);
         config.Opts->AddLongOption("limit", "Limit on message count to read, 0 - unlimited. "
                                             "If avobe 0, processing stops when either topic is empty, or the specified limit reached. "
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ namespace NYdb::NConsoleClient {
             .RequiredArgument("TIMESTAMP")
             .Optional()
             .Handler1T<TString>(TimestampOptionHandler(&Timestamp_));
-        config.Opts->AddLongOption("partition-ids", "Comma separated list of partition ids to read from. If not specified, messages are read from all partitions.")
+        config.Opts->AddLongOption("partition-ids", "Comma separated list of partition ids to read from. If not specified, messages are read from all partitions. E.g. \"--partition-ids 0,1,10\"")
             .Optional()
             .SplitHandler(&PartitionIds_, ',');