2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 447ca2f8..ffc16c44 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- exit early from mgaapplet-upgrade-helper if we don't pass expected/required
+  args
 - fix urpm::check_dir() call (old name check_cache_dir() was changed)
 
 Version 2.79 - 15 April 2013, Thierry Vignaud
diff --git a/mgaapplet-upgrade-helper b/mgaapplet-upgrade-helper
index 56457b6e..3791ec04 100755
--- a/mgaapplet-upgrade-helper
+++ b/mgaapplet-upgrade-helper
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ foreach my $opt (@ARGV) {
     }
 }
 
+die("Usage: mgaapplet-upgrade-helper --new_distro_version=n [--rpm-root-dir] [--urpmi-root=dir] [--download-all=dir]\n") if !$new_distro_version;
+
 my $root = Rpmdrake::open_db::fast_open_urpmi_db()->{root};
 
 my $product_id = get_product_id();