diff --git a/bin/zfs-autobackup b/bin/zfs-autobackup
index 036ed81..4134c86 100755
--- a/bin/zfs-autobackup
+++ b/bin/zfs-autobackup
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ class ZfsAutobackup:
         # parser.add_argument('--ignore-new', action='store_true',  help='Ignore filesystem if there are already newer snapshots for it on the target (use with caution)')
 
         parser.add_argument('--resume', action='store_true', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
-        parser.add_argument('--strip-path', default=0, type=int, help='Number of directory to strip from path (use 1 when cloning zones between 2 SmartOS machines)')
+        parser.add_argument('--strip-path', default=0, type=int, help='Number of directories to strip from target path (use 1 when cloning zones between 2 SmartOS machines)')
         # parser.add_argument('--buffer', default="",  help='Use mbuffer with specified size to speedup zfs transfer. (e.g. --buffer 1G) Will also show nice progress output.')
 
 
diff --git a/test_zfsautobackup.py b/test_zfsautobackup.py
index 381c212..254d528 100644
--- a/test_zfsautobackup.py
+++ b/test_zfsautobackup.py
@@ -264,3 +264,65 @@ test_target1/test_source2/fs2
 test_target1/test_source2/fs2/sub
 test_target1/test_source2/fs2/sub@test-20101111000000
 """)
+
+    def  test_noholds(self):
+
+        with patch('time.strftime', return_value="20101111000000"):
+            self.assertFalse(ZfsAutobackup("test test_target1 --verbose --no-holds".split(" ")).run())
+
+            r=shelltest("zfs get -r userrefs test_source1 test_source2 test_target1")
+            self.assertMultiLineEqual(r,"""
+NAME                                                   PROPERTY  VALUE     SOURCE
+test_source1                                           userrefs  -         -
+test_source1/fs1                                       userrefs  -         -
+test_source1/fs1@test-20101111000000                   userrefs  0         -
+test_source1/fs1/sub                                   userrefs  -         -
+test_source1/fs1/sub@test-20101111000000               userrefs  0         -
+test_source2                                           userrefs  -         -
+test_source2/fs2                                       userrefs  -         -
+test_source2/fs2/sub                                   userrefs  -         -
+test_source2/fs2/sub@test-20101111000000               userrefs  0         -
+test_source2/fs3                                       userrefs  -         -
+test_source2/fs3/sub                                   userrefs  -         -
+test_target1                                           userrefs  -         -
+test_target1/test_source1                              userrefs  -         -
+test_target1/test_source1/fs1                          userrefs  -         -
+test_target1/test_source1/fs1@test-20101111000000      userrefs  1         -
+test_target1/test_source1/fs1/sub                      userrefs  -         -
+test_target1/test_source1/fs1/sub@test-20101111000000  userrefs  1         -
+test_target1/test_source2                              userrefs  -         -
+test_target1/test_source2/fs2                          userrefs  -         -
+test_target1/test_source2/fs2/sub                      userrefs  -         -
+test_target1/test_source2/fs2/sub@test-20101111000000  userrefs  1         -
+""")
+
+
+    def  test_strippath(self):
+
+        with patch('time.strftime', return_value="20101111000000"):
+            self.assertFalse(ZfsAutobackup("test test_target1 --verbose --strip-path=1".split(" ")).run())
+
+            r=shelltest("zfs list -H -o name -r -t all")
+            self.assertMultiLineEqual(r,"""
+test_source1
+test_source1/fs1
+test_source1/fs1@test-20101111000000
+test_source1/fs1/sub
+test_source1/fs1/sub@test-20101111000000
+test_source2
+test_source2/fs2
+test_source2/fs2/sub
+test_source2/fs2/sub@test-20101111000000
+test_source2/fs3
+test_source2/fs3/sub
+test_target1
+test_target1/fs1
+test_target1/fs1@test-20101111000000
+test_target1/fs1/sub
+test_target1/fs1/sub@test-20101111000000
+test_target1/fs2
+test_target1/fs2/sub
+test_target1/fs2/sub@test-20101111000000
+""")
+
+