diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 67c62b13c..54954554e 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.4.9.16"
+VERSION = "1.4.9.17"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index e5b4c6c21..f6deac160 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -683,10 +683,10 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
             help="Parse and display DBMS error messages from responses")
 
         general.add_argument("--preprocess", dest="preprocess",
-            help="Use given script(s) for preprocessing (request data)")
+            help="Use given script(s) for preprocessing (request)")
 
         general.add_argument("--postprocess", dest="postprocess",
-            help="Use given script(s) for postprocessing (response data)")
+            help="Use given script(s) for postprocessing (response)")
 
         general.add_argument("--repair", dest="repair", action="store_true",
             help="Redump entries having unknown character marker (%s)" % INFERENCE_UNKNOWN_CHAR)