diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/src/main/java/sonia/scm/cli/cmd/AddPermissionSubCommand.java b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/src/main/java/sonia/scm/cli/cmd/AddPermissionSubCommand.java
index bdd7dbb91c..b0d30b8f24 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/src/main/java/sonia/scm/cli/cmd/AddPermissionSubCommand.java
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/src/main/java/sonia/scm/cli/cmd/AddPermissionSubCommand.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ public class AddPermissionSubCommand extends PermissionSubCommand
     name = "--type",
     usage = "optionPermissionType",
     required = true,
+    metaVar="metaVar_permissionType",
     aliases = { "-t" }
   )
   private PermissionType type;
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/src/main/resources/sonia/resources/i18n.properties b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/src/main/resources/sonia/resources/i18n.properties
index 828c7973e9..c80c320415 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/src/main/resources/sonia/resources/i18n.properties
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/src/main/resources/sonia/resources/i18n.properties
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ groupNotFoun = The group could not be found
 metaVar_config = configname
 metaVar_arg = subcommand arguments
 metaVar_command = subcommand
+metaVar_permissionType = value
 
 config = Configuration
 misc = Miscellaneous