diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Printers/AbstractPrinter.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Printers/AbstractPrinter.php
index 4a9416fe6..9fb07f995 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Printers/AbstractPrinter.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Printers/AbstractPrinter.php
@@ -144,11 +144,13 @@ abstract class AbstractPrinter
      * @param string $message Message to be outputted
      * @param mixed $style Optional style to be applied in message
      */
-    public function write($message, $style = 'ERROR')
+    public function write($message, $style = 'NONE')
     {
         $style = is_string($style) ? $this->getStyle($style) : $style;
     
         fwrite($this->_stream, $this->format($message, $style));
+        
+        return $this;
     }
     
     /**
@@ -157,9 +159,9 @@ abstract class AbstractPrinter
      * @param string $message Message to be outputted
      * @param mixed $style Optional style to be applied in message
      */
-    public function writeln($message, $style = 'ERROR')
+    public function writeln($message, $style = 'NONE')
     {
-        $this->write($message . PHP_EOL, $style);
+        return $this->write($message . PHP_EOL, $style);
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Tasks/RunSqlTask.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Tasks/RunSqlTask.php
index 0d28e3b09..211cd93f5 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Tasks/RunSqlTask.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Tasks/RunSqlTask.php
@@ -16,7 +16,18 @@ class RunSqlTask extends AbstractTask
      */
     public function extendedHelp()
     {
-        $this->getPrinter()->writeln('run-sql extended help.', 'INFO');
+        $printer = $this->getPrinter();
+        
+        $printer->write('Task: ')->writeln('run-sql', 'KEYWORD')
+                ->write('Synopsis: ');
+        $this->_writeSynopsis($printer);
+        
+        $printer->writeln('Description: Executes arbitrary SQL from a file or directly from the command line.')
+                ->writeln('Options:')
+                ->write('--sql=<SQL>', 'KEYWORD')
+                ->writeln("\tThe SQL to execute.")
+                ->write('--file=<path>', 'KEYWORD')
+                ->writeln("\tThe path to the file with the SQL to execute.");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -24,10 +35,13 @@ class RunSqlTask extends AbstractTask
      */
     public function basicHelp()
     {
-        $this->getPrinter()->write('run-sql', 'KEYWORD');
-        $this->getPrinter()->writeln(
-            ' --file=<path> | --sql=<SQL>',
-            'INFO');
+        $this->_writeSynopsis($this->getPrinter());
+    }
+    
+    private function _writeSynopsis($printer)
+    {
+        $printer->write('run-sql', 'KEYWORD')
+                ->writeln(' --file=<path> | --sql=<SQL>', 'INFO');
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Tasks/SchemaToolTask.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Tasks/SchemaToolTask.php
index 1b5bb5258..5820e7c9d 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Tasks/SchemaToolTask.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Cli/Tasks/SchemaToolTask.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class SchemaToolTask extends AbstractTask
      */
     public function extendedHelp()
     {
-        $this->getPrinter()->writeln('create-schema extended help.', 'INFO');
+        $this->basicHelp();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class SchemaToolTask extends AbstractTask
         if ($isCreate) {
             if (isset($args['dump-sql'])) {
                 foreach ($tool->getCreateSchemaSql($classes) as $sql) {
-                    $printer->writeln($sql, 'NONE');
+                    $printer->writeln($sql);
                 }
             } else {
                 $printer->writeln('Creating database schema...', 'INFO');
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class SchemaToolTask extends AbstractTask
         } else if ($isDrop) {
             if (isset($args['dump-sql'])) {
                 foreach ($tool->getDropSchemaSql($classes) as $sql) {
-                    $printer->writeln($sql, 'NONE');
+                    $printer->writeln($sql);
                 }
             } else {
                 $printer->writeln('Dropping database schema...', 'INFO');