diff --git a/utilities/languageSupport/translateLabelsInOntology/label_inserter.rb b/utilities/languageSupport/translateLabelsInOntology/label_inserter.rb
index c210f610..f3121c19 100755
--- a/utilities/languageSupport/translateLabelsInOntology/label_inserter.rb
+++ b/utilities/languageSupport/translateLabelsInOntology/label_inserter.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class LabelInserter
   # Parse the arguments and complain if they don't make sense.
   #
   def sanity_check_arguments(args)
+    raise UsageError, "usage is: label_inserter.rb <rdf_file> <labels_input_file> <locale> [filter_file] <n3_output_file> [ok]" unless (3..5).include?(args.length)
+
    	if args[-1].downcase == 'ok'
 	  ok = true
 	  args.pop
@@ -40,8 +42,6 @@ class LabelInserter
 	  ok = false
     end
 
-    raise UsageError, "usage is: label_inserter.rb <rdf_file> <labels_input_file> <locale> [filter_file] <n3_output_file> [ok]" unless (4..5).include?(args.length)
-
     n3_output_file = args.pop
     raise UsageError, "File '#{n3_output_file}' already exists. specify 'ok' to overwrite it." if File.exist?(n3_output_file) && !ok
 
diff --git a/utilities/languageSupport/translateLabelsInOntology/label_stripper.rb b/utilities/languageSupport/translateLabelsInOntology/label_stripper.rb
index efb67aa7..81c42501 100755
--- a/utilities/languageSupport/translateLabelsInOntology/label_stripper.rb
+++ b/utilities/languageSupport/translateLabelsInOntology/label_stripper.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class LabelStripper
   # Parse the arguments and complain if they don't make sense.
   #
   def sanity_check_arguments(args)
+    raise UsageError, "usage is: label_stripper.rb <rdf_file> [filter_file] <labels_output_file> [ok]" unless (2..3).include?(args.length)
+
   	if args[-1].downcase == 'ok'
 	  ok = true
 	  args.pop
@@ -39,8 +41,6 @@ class LabelStripper
 	  ok = false
     end
       
-    raise UsageError, "usage is: label_stripper.rb <rdf_file> [filter_file] <labels_output_file> [ok]" unless (2..3).include?(args.length)
-
     output_file = args.pop
     raise UsageError, "File '#{output_file}' already exists. specify 'ok' to overwrite it." if File.exist?(output_file) && !ok