diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_cat.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_cat.go
index 1479aed95..b1d4eea14 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_cat.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_cat.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ func (c *commandFsCat) Help() string {
 	return `stream the file content on to the screen
 
 	fs.cat /dir/file_name
-	fs.cat http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir/file_name
 `
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_cd.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_cd.go
index df42cd516..377fd40f7 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_cd.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_cd.go
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ func (c *commandFsCd) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (c *commandFsCd) Help() string {
-	return `change directory to http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir/
+	return `change directory to a directory /path/to/dir
 
 	The full path can be too long to type. For example,
-		fs.ls http://<filer_server>:<port>/some/path/to/file_name
+		fs.ls /some/path/to/file_name
 
 	can be simplified as
 
-		fs.cd http://<filer_server>:<port>/some/path
+		fs.cd /some/path
 		fs.ls to/file_name
 `
 }
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_du.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_du.go
index b7313bebe..0372ba95f 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_du.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_du.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ func (c *commandFsDu) Name() string {
 func (c *commandFsDu) Help() string {
 	return `show disk usage
 
-	fs.du http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir
-	fs.du http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir/file_name
-	fs.du http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir/file_prefix
+	fs.du /dir
+	fs.du /dir/file_name
+	fs.du /dir/file_prefix
 `
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_ls.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_ls.go
index 4185d67a8..66adf057e 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_ls.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_ls.go
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ func (c *commandFsLs) Help() string {
 	fs.ls [-l] [-a] /dir/
 	fs.ls [-l] [-a] /dir/file_name
 	fs.ls [-l] [-a] /dir/file_prefix
-	fs.ls [-l] [-a] http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir/
-	fs.ls [-l] [-a] http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir/file_name
-	fs.ls [-l] [-a] http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir/file_prefix
 `
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_cat.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_cat.go
index 9cbe852c0..cbbca746c 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_cat.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_cat.go
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ func (c *commandFsMetaCat) Help() string {
 
 	fs.meta.cat /dir/
 	fs.meta.cat /dir/file_name
-	fs.meta.cat http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir/
-	fs.meta.cat http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir/file_name
 `
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_tree.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_tree.go
index d1f639cff..0982082db 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_tree.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_tree.go
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ func (c *commandFsTree) Name() string {
 func (c *commandFsTree) Help() string {
 	return `recursively list all files under a directory
 
-	fs.tree http://<filer_server>:<port>/dir/
+	fs.tree /some/dir
+
 `
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/shell/commands.go b/weed/shell/commands.go
index 7ca631ab3..660929ec7 100644
--- a/weed/shell/commands.go
+++ b/weed/shell/commands.go
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ func NewCommandEnv(options ShellOptions) *CommandEnv {
 
 func (ce *CommandEnv) parseUrl(input string) (filerServer string, filerPort int64, path string, err error) {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(input, "http") {
-		return parseFilerUrl(input)
+		err = fmt.Errorf("http://<filer>:<port> prefix is not supported any more")
+		return
 	}
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(input, "/") {
 		input = filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Join(ce.option.Directory, input))
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ func parseFilerUrl(entryPath string) (filerServer string, filerPort int64, path
 		}
 		path = u.Path
 	} else {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("path should have full url http://<filer_server>:<port>/path/to/dirOrFile : %s", entryPath)
+		err = fmt.Errorf("path should have full url /path/to/dirOrFile : %s", entryPath)
 	}
 	return
 }