diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-add-account b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-add-account
index fcad757..37064ae 100755
--- a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-add-account
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-add-account
@@ -30,16 +30,18 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         default='http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/', help='The URL to the auth '
         'subsystem (default: http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/)')
     parser.add_option('-U', '--admin-user', dest='admin_user',
-        default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights to add users '
-        '(default: .super_admin).')
+        default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights to add '
+        'accounts (default: .super_admin).')
     parser.add_option('-K', '--admin-key', dest='admin_key',
-        help='The key for the user with admin rights to add users.')
+        help='The key for the user with admin rights is required.')
     args = argv[1:]
     if not args:
         args.append('-h')
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
     if len(args) != 1:
         parser.parse_args(['-h'])
+    if options.admin_key is None:
+        parser.parse_args(['-h'])
     account = args[0]
     parsed = urlparse(options.admin_url)
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-add-user b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-add-user
index 78af60d..a6de161 100755
--- a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-add-user
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-add-user
@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights to add users '
         '(default: .super_admin).')
     parser.add_option('-K', '--admin-key', dest='admin_key',
-        help='The key for the user with admin rights to add users.')
+        help='The key for the user with admin rights to add users is required.')
     args = argv[1:]
     if not args:
         args.append('-h')
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
     if len(args) != 3:
         parser.parse_args(['-h'])
+    if options.admin_key is None:
+        parser.parse_args(['-h'])
     account, user, password = args
     parsed = urlparse(options.admin_url)
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-cleanup-tokens b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-cleanup-tokens
index 621124e..cc2d18d 100755
--- a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-cleanup-tokens
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-cleanup-tokens
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         default='http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/', help='The URL to the auth '
         'subsystem (default: http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/)')
     parser.add_option('-K', '--admin-key', dest='admin_key',
-        help='The key for .super_admin.')
+        help='The key for .super_admin is required.')
     parser.add_option('', '--purge', dest='purge_account', help='Purges all '
         'tokens for a given account whether the tokens have expired or not.')
     parser.add_option('', '--purge-all', dest='purge_all', action='store_true',
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
     if len(args) != 0:
         parser.parse_args(['-h'])
+    if options.admin_key is None:
+        parser.parse_args(['-h'])
     options.admin_url = options.admin_url.rstrip('/')
     if not options.admin_url.endswith('/v1.0'):
         options.admin_url += '/v1.0'
diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-delete-account b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-delete-account
index be8ace8..b1440f4 100755
--- a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-delete-account
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-delete-account
@@ -30,16 +30,20 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         default='http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/', help='The URL to the auth '
         'subsystem (default: http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/')
     parser.add_option('-U', '--admin-user', dest='admin_user',
-        default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights to add users '
+        default='.super_admin', 
+        help='The user with admin rights to delete accounts '
         '(default: .super_admin).')
     parser.add_option('-K', '--admin-key', dest='admin_key',
-        help='The key for the user with admin rights to add users.')
+        help='The key for the user with admin rights to delete accounts '
+        'is required.')
     args = argv[1:]
     if not args:
         args.append('-h')
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
     if len(args) != 1:
         parser.parse_args(['-h'])
+    if options.admin_key is None:
+        parser.parse_args(['-h'])
     account = args[0]
     parsed = urlparse(options.admin_url)
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-delete-user b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-delete-user
index 2b4f4fe..f778603 100755
--- a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-delete-user
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-delete-user
@@ -30,16 +30,20 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         default='http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/', help='The URL to the auth '
         'subsystem (default: http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/')
     parser.add_option('-U', '--admin-user', dest='admin_user',
-        default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights to add users '
+        default='.super_admin', 
+        help='The user with admin rights to delete users '
         '(default: .super_admin).')
     parser.add_option('-K', '--admin-key', dest='admin_key',
-        help='The key for the user with admin rights to add users.')
+        help='The key for the user with admin rights to delete '
+        'users is required.')
     args = argv[1:]
     if not args:
         args.append('-h')
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
     if len(args) != 2:
         parser.parse_args(['-h'])
+    if options.admin_key is None:
+        parser.parse_args(['-h'])
     account, user = args
     parsed = urlparse(options.admin_url)
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-list b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-list
index 23175e9..4f2d834 100755
--- a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-list
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-list
@@ -55,16 +55,18 @@ If the [user] is '.groups', the active groups for the account will be listed.
         default='http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/', help='The URL to the auth '
         'subsystem (default: http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/')
     parser.add_option('-U', '--admin-user', dest='admin_user',
-        default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights to add users '
+        default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights '
         '(default: .super_admin).')
     parser.add_option('-K', '--admin-key', dest='admin_key',
-        help='The key for the user with admin rights to add users.')
+        help='The key for the user with admin rights is required.')
     args = argv[1:]
     if not args:
         args.append('-h')
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
     if len(args) > 2:
         parser.parse_args(['-h'])
+    if options.admin_key is None:
+        parser.parse_args(['-h'])
     parsed = urlparse(options.admin_url)
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
         raise Exception('Cannot handle protocol scheme %s for url %s' %
diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-prep b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-prep
index 74071d5..d153719 100755
--- a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-prep
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-prep
@@ -30,16 +30,18 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         default='http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/', help='The URL to the auth '
         'subsystem (default: http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/')
     parser.add_option('-U', '--admin-user', dest='admin_user',
-        default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights to add users '
+        default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights '
         '(default: .super_admin).')
     parser.add_option('-K', '--admin-key', dest='admin_key',
-        help='The key for the user with admin rights to add users.')
+        help='The key for the user with admin rights is required.')
     args = argv[1:]
     if not args:
         args.append('-h')
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
     if args:
         parser.parse_args(['-h'])
+    if options.admin_key is None:
+        parser.parse_args(['-h'])
     parsed = urlparse(options.admin_url)
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
         raise Exception('Cannot handle protocol scheme %s for url %s' %
diff --git a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-set-account-service b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-set-account-service
index b78524d..5be8319 100755
--- a/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-set-account-service
+++ b/gluster/swift/common/middleware/gswauth/bin/gswauth-set-account-service
@@ -40,16 +40,18 @@ Example: %prog -K gswauthkey test storage local http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1/AUTH_01
         default='http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/', help='The URL to the auth '
         'subsystem (default: http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/)')
     parser.add_option('-U', '--admin-user', dest='admin_user',
-        default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights to add users '
+        default='.super_admin', help='The user with admin rights '
         '(default: .super_admin).')
     parser.add_option('-K', '--admin-key', dest='admin_key',
-        help='The key for the user with admin rights to add users.')
+            help='The key for the user with admin rights is required.')
     args = argv[1:]
     if not args:
         args.append('-h')
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args)
     if len(args) != 4:
         parser.parse_args(['-h'])
+    if options.admin_key is None:
+        parser.parse_args(['-h'])
     account, service, name, url = args
     parsed = urlparse(options.admin_url)
     if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):