diff --git a/src/tools/hexnet.cpp b/src/tools/hexnet.cpp
index 4878ebc..574df87 100644
--- a/src/tools/hexnet.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/hexnet.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void signalHandler(int signal) {
     tcp6Acceptor.shutdown();
     // tell sockpp to close TCP socket if open because it blocks when trying
     // to read and there is no data
-    
+
     if (tcpSocket != nullptr && *tcpSocket) {
         // Intentionally not using the mutex here
         std::cout << "test\n";
@@ -149,17 +149,19 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
     flags.push_back(CLI::Flag('u', "udp", "use UDP, defaults to both when -t and -u are omitted, otherwise uses what is specified"));
     flags.push_back(CLI::Flag('n', "no-color", "disable coloring the output (intended for terminals that don't work well with color escape sequences)"));
     flags.push_back(CLI::Flag('e', "echo-back", "echo input back to stdout"));
+    flags.push_back(CLI::Flag('h', "help", "print this information and exit"));
+    flags.push_back(CLI::Flag('l', "license", "print license information and exit"));
 
     std::vector<CLI::Option> options;
     options.push_back(CLI::Option('c', "connect", "HOST", "connect to HOST, listen for incoming connections if omitted"));
     options.push_back(CLI::Option('m', "mtu-optimize", "MTU", "Optimize for a specific maximum transfer unit by reading MTU bytes at a time."));
     options.push_back(CLI::Option(
-        'p', "print-prefixes", "TCPv4i:UDPv4i:TCPv6i:UDPv6i:TCPv4o:UDPv4o:TCPv6o:UDPv6o",
-        "override default prefixes for output (defaults to spaces + coloring the output or \"t4:u4:t6:u6:T4:U4:T6:U6\" in no-color mode)"
+        'p', "print-prefixes", "TCPin:UDPin:TCPout:UDPout",
+        "override default prefixes for output (defaults to spaces + coloring the output or \"t:u:T:U\" in no-color mode)"
     ));
     options.push_back(CLI::Option(
-        'i', "input-prefixes", "TCP:UDP:IPv4:IPv6",
-        "override default prefixes for input (defaults to \"t:u:4:6\")"
+        'i', "input-prefixes", "TCP:UDP",
+        "override default prefixes for input (defaults to \"t:u\")"
     ));
 
     std::vector<CLI::Argument> arguments;
@@ -167,25 +169,51 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
 
     CLI::ArgumentsParser cliParser = CLI::ArgumentsParser(argc, argv, flags, options, arguments, "Arbitrary tcp/udp connections in hex format.");
 
+    if (cliParser.getFlag("help").value){
+        std::cout << cliParser.getUsage() << std::endl;
+        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    }
+    if (cliParser.getFlag("license").value){
+        std::cout
+            << "Copyright 2022, FOSS-VG Developers and Contributers\n"
+            << "\n"
+            << "Hexnet is part of the FOSS-VG development tool suite.\n"
+            << "\n"
+            << "This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it\n"
+            << "under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published\n"
+            << "by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.\n"
+            << "\n"
+            << "This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n"
+            << "but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied\n"
+            << "warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\n"
+            << "See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.\n"
+            << "\n"
+            << "You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License\n"
+            << "version 3 along with this program.\n"
+            << "If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html"
+            << std::endl;
+        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
     if (cliParser.wrongUsage) {
-        //TODO: spit out usage information generated by the parser
+        std::cout << cliParser.getUsage() << std::endl;
         return EXIT_USAGE;
     }
-    if (cliParser.getFlag('4').value || cliParser.getFlag('6').value) {
-        ipv4 = cliParser.getFlag('4').value;
-        ipv6 = cliParser.getFlag('6').value;
+    if (cliParser.getFlag("ipv4").value || cliParser.getFlag("ipv6").value) {
+        ipv4 = cliParser.getFlag("ipv4").value;
+        ipv6 = cliParser.getFlag("ipv4").value;
     }
-    if (cliParser.getFlag('t').value || cliParser.getFlag('u').value) {
-        tcp = cliParser.getFlag('t').value;
-        udp = cliParser.getFlag('u').value;
+    if (cliParser.getFlag("tcp").value || cliParser.getFlag("udp").value) {
+        tcp = cliParser.getFlag("tcp").value;
+        udp = cliParser.getFlag("udp").value;
     }
     if (cliParser.getOption('c').errorCode == ErrorCodes::NOT_PRESENT) {
         listenMode = true;
     }
-    if (cliParser.getOption('m').errorCode == ErrorCodes::SUCCESS) {
-        mtu = std::stol(cliParser.getOption('m').value);
+    if (cliParser.getOption("mtu-optimize").errorCode == ErrorCodes::SUCCESS) {
+        mtu = std::stol(cliParser.getOption("mtu-optimize").value);
     }
-    host = cliParser.getOption('c').value;
+    host = cliParser.getOption("connect").value;
     //FIXME: use a function that returns a fixed-width data type instead,
     //       ensure that the given value is a valid port
     port = (in_port_t) std::stoi(cliParser.getArgument(0).value);
@@ -256,7 +284,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
             delete tcpSocket;
             return EXIT_SUCCESS;
         }
-        
+
     } else {
         std::cerr << "Client mode is not implemented yet." << std::endl;
         return EXIT_UNIMPLEMENTED;