Index: trunk/ippTools/src/disttool.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/disttool.c	(revision 23722)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/disttool.c	(revision 23736)
@@ -97,5 +97,5 @@
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_STR(outroot, config->args, "-outroot", true, false);
     // optional
-    PXOPT_LOOKUP_S64(target_id, config->args, "-target_id",  false, false);
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_S64(target_id, config->args, "-target_id",  true, false);
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(clean, config->args, "-clean", false);
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(no_magic, config->args, "-no_magic", false);
Index: trunk/ippTools/src/disttoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/disttoolConfig.c	(revision 23722)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/disttoolConfig.c	(revision 23736)
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@
     psMetadataAddS64(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-stage_id", 0, "define stage_id (required)", 0);
     psMetadataAddStr(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-outroot",  0, "define output destination (required)", NULL);
-    psMetadataAddS64(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-target_id", 0, "define stage_id", 0); 
+    psMetadataAddS64(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-target_id", 0, "define target_id (required)", 0); 
     psMetadataAddBool(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-clean", 0,   "build clean distribution bundle", false);
     psMetadataAddBool(definerunArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-no_magic", 0, "magic is not needed", false);