Index: trunk/ippTools/src/vptool.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/vptool.c	(revision 32750)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/vptool.c	(revision 32764)
@@ -195,5 +195,5 @@
 
     // default
-    PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(unique, config->args, "-unique", false);
+    PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(rerun, config->args, "-rerun", false);
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(pretend, config->args, "-pretend", false);
     PXOPT_LOOKUP_BOOL(simple, config->args, "-simple", false);
@@ -213,5 +213,5 @@
     psFree(where);
 
-    if (unique) {
+    if (!rerun) {
       psStringAppend(&query, "AND vp_id IS NULL");
     }
Index: trunk/ippTools/src/vptoolConfig.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/ippTools/src/vptoolConfig.c	(revision 32750)
+++ trunk/ippTools/src/vptoolConfig.c	(revision 32764)
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@
     psMetadataAddStr(definebyqueryArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-label", PS_META_DUPLICATE_OK, "search by newExp label (LIKE comparison)", NULL);
 
-    psMetadataAddStr(definebyqueryArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-set_label",  0,            "define label", NULL);
+    psMetadataAddStr(definebyqueryArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-set_label",  0,            "define label (required)", NULL);
     psMetadataAddStr(definebyqueryArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-set_data_group",  0,      "define data group", NULL);
     psMetadataAddStr(definebyqueryArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-set_workdir",  0,            "define workdir (required)", NULL);
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@
     psMetadataAddS64(definebyqueryArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-set_dest_id",  0,      "define destination", 0);
     psMetadataAddBool(definebyqueryArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-pretend",  0,            "do not actually modify the database", false);
-    psMetadataAddBool(definebyqueryArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-unique",   0,           "only queue exposures that have no previous vpRun", false);
+    psMetadataAddBool(definebyqueryArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-rerun",   0,           "queue exposures even if a previous vpRun exists", false);
     psMetadataAddBool(definebyqueryArgs, PS_LIST_TAIL, "-simple",  0,            "use the simple output format", false);
     // -pendingrun