diff --git a/apps/sparo-lib/src/cli/commands/checkout.ts b/apps/sparo-lib/src/cli/commands/checkout.ts
index f1f78d6..4d50677 100644
--- a/apps/sparo-lib/src/cli/commands/checkout.ts
+++ b/apps/sparo-lib/src/cli/commands/checkout.ts
@@ -70,10 +70,23 @@ export class CheckoutCommand implements ICommand<ICheckoutCommandOptions> {
         description:
           'Create a new branch and start it at <start-point>; if it already exists, reset it to <start-point>'
       })
-      .array('profile')
-      .default('profile', [])
-      .array('add-profile')
-      .default('add-profile', [])
+      .option('profile', {
+        describe:
+          'Checkout projects by specified profile(s). The profiles will be recorded and reused by other sparo commands. For example, running "sparo checkout <branch>" sparse checkout based on the reused profiles after running "git checkout"',
+        default: [],
+        type: 'array'
+      })
+      .option('add-profile', {
+        describe:
+          'Checkout projects with recorded profile(s) and the specified added profile(s). Adds the specified added profile(s) to sparo recorded profiles',
+        default: [],
+        type: 'array'
+      })
+      .option('no-profile', {
+        hidden: false,
+        describe: 'Checkout projects without any profiles and clear all recorded profiles',
+        type: 'boolean'
+      })
       .option('to', {
         type: 'array',
         default: [],
diff --git a/build-tests/sparo-output-test/etc/checkout-help.txt b/build-tests/sparo-output-test/etc/checkout-help.txt
index 333768b..ebefe8d 100644
--- a/build-tests/sparo-output-test/etc/checkout-help.txt
+++ b/build-tests/sparo-output-test/etc/checkout-help.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ Options:
   -b                 Create a new branch and start it at <start-point> [boolean]
   -B                 Create a new branch and start it at <start-point>; if it
                      already exists, reset it to <start-point>         [boolean]
+      --profile      Checkout projects by specified profile(s). The profiles
+                     will be recorded and reused by other sparo commands. For
+                     example, running "sparo checkout <branch>" sparse checkout
+                     based on the reused profiles after running "git checkout"
+                                                           [array] [default: []]
+      --add-profile  Checkout projects with recorded profile(s) and the
+                     specified added profile(s). Adds the specified added
+                     profile(s) to sparo recorded profiles [array] [default: []]
+      --no-profile   Checkout projects without any profiles and clear all
+                     recorded profiles                                 [boolean]
       --to           Checkout projects up to (and including) project <to..>, can
                      be used together with option --profile/--add-profile to
                      form a union selection of the two options. The projects
@@ -30,5 +40,3 @@ Options:
                      union selection of the two options. The projects selectors
                      here will never replace what have been checked out by
                      profiles                              [array] [default: []]
-      --profile                                            [array] [default: []]
-      --add-profile                                        [array] [default: []]