diff --git a/weed/remote_storage/remote_storage.go b/weed/remote_storage/remote_storage.go
index 15e6fb2d5..d8d1e1f5c 100644
--- a/weed/remote_storage/remote_storage.go
+++ b/weed/remote_storage/remote_storage.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/remote_pb"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"io"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -100,6 +101,26 @@ var (
 	remoteStorageClientsLock  sync.Mutex
 )
 
+func GetAllRemoteStorageNames() string {
+	var storageNames []string
+	for k := range RemoteStorageClientMakers {
+		storageNames = append(storageNames, k)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(storageNames)
+	return strings.Join(storageNames, "|")
+}
+
+func GetRemoteStorageNamesHasBucket() string {
+	var storageNames []string
+	for k, m := range RemoteStorageClientMakers {
+		if m.HasBucket() {
+			storageNames = append(storageNames, k)
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Strings(storageNames)
+	return strings.Join(storageNames, "|")
+}
+
 func ParseRemoteLocation(remoteConfType string, remote string) (remoteStorageLocation *remote_pb.RemoteStorageLocation, err error) {
 	maker, found := RemoteStorageClientMakers[remoteConfType]
 	if !found {
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_remote_configure.go b/weed/shell/command_remote_configure.go
index 71346ce73..4f0469d5f 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_remote_configure.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_remote_configure.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/remote_pb"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/remote_storage"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func (c *commandRemoteConfigure) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, write
 	isDelete := remoteConfigureCommand.Bool("delete", false, "delete one remote storage by its name")
 
 	remoteConfigureCommand.StringVar(&conf.Name, "name", "", "a short name to identify the remote storage")
-	remoteConfigureCommand.StringVar(&conf.Type, "type", "s3", "[s3|gcs|azure|b2|aliyun|tencent|baidu|wasabi|hdfs|filebase|storj] storage type")
+	remoteConfigureCommand.StringVar(&conf.Type, "type", "s3", fmt.Sprintf("[%s] storage type", remote_storage.GetAllRemoteStorageNames()))
 
 	remoteConfigureCommand.StringVar(&conf.S3AccessKey, "s3.access_key", "", "s3 access key")
 	remoteConfigureCommand.StringVar(&conf.S3SecretKey, "s3.secret_key", "", "s3 secret key")