diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 43bf50b..8f5cc24 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func findLicensesInDirectory(cfg *viper.Viper) error {
 
 	options := identifier.Options{
 		ForceResult: true,
-		Patterns:    identifier.SUPPORTED_MATCH_PATTERNS,
+		Patterns:    configurer.SUPPORTED_MATCH_PATTERNS,
 		Enhancements: identifier.Enhancements{
 			AddNotes:       "",
 			AddTextBlocks:  true,
diff --git a/configurer/configurer.go b/configurer/configurer.go
index deb8ac1..288d9e9 100644
--- a/configurer/configurer.go
+++ b/configurer/configurer.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ const (
 	PatternsFlag    = "patterns"
 )
 
+const (
+	MATCH_PATTERN_SPDX_ID    = "spdx-id"
+	MATCH_PATTERN_ALIAS      = "alias"
+	MATCH_PATTERN_URL        = "url"
+	MATCH_PATTERN_PRIMARY    = "primary"
+	MATCH_PATTERN_ASSOCIATED = "associated"
+)
+
+var SUPPORTED_MATCH_PATTERNS = []string{MATCH_PATTERN_SPDX_ID, MATCH_PATTERN_ALIAS, MATCH_PATTERN_URL, MATCH_PATTERN_PRIMARY, MATCH_PATTERN_ASSOCIATED}
+
 var (
 	_, thisFile, _, _ = runtime.Caller(0) // Dirs/files are relative to this file
 	thisDir           = filepath.Dir(thisFile)
@@ -148,5 +158,8 @@ func AddDefaultFlags(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flagSet.String(SpdxPathFlag, "", "Path to external SPDX templates to use")
 	flagSet.String(CustomFlag, DefaultResource, "Custom templates to use")
 	flagSet.String(CustomPathFlag, "", "Path to external custom templates to use")
-	flagSet.StringP(PatternsFlag, "", "", "List of pattern matching functions to execute")
+
+	help_msg_pattern := fmt.Sprintf("Comma-separated list of license pattern-matching functions to execute. One or more of: [%v]; defaults to all patterns.",
+		strings.Join(SUPPORTED_MATCH_PATTERNS, ", "))
+	flagSet.StringP(PatternsFlag, "", "", help_msg_pattern)
 }
diff --git a/identifier/identifier.go b/identifier/identifier.go
index a3abf7d..4b5fe0a 100644
--- a/identifier/identifier.go
+++ b/identifier/identifier.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 
+	"github.com/CycloneDX/license-scanner/configurer"
 	"github.com/CycloneDX/license-scanner/licenses"
 	"github.com/CycloneDX/license-scanner/normalizer"
 )
@@ -26,15 +27,15 @@ var (
 	nonAlphaRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^[^A-Za-z0-9]*$`)
 )
 
-const (
-	MATCH_PATTERN_SPDX_ID    = "spdx-id"
-	MATCH_PATTERN_ALIAS      = "alias"
-	MATCH_PATTERN_URL        = "url"
-	MATCH_PATTERN_PRIMARY    = "primary"
-	MATCH_PATTERN_ASSOCIATED = "associated"
-)
+// const (
+// 	MATCH_PATTERN_SPDX_ID    = "spdx-id"
+// 	MATCH_PATTERN_ALIAS      = "alias"
+// 	MATCH_PATTERN_URL        = "url"
+// 	MATCH_PATTERN_PRIMARY    = "primary"
+// 	MATCH_PATTERN_ASSOCIATED = "associated"
+// )
 
-var SUPPORTED_MATCH_PATTERNS = []string{MATCH_PATTERN_SPDX_ID, MATCH_PATTERN_ALIAS, MATCH_PATTERN_URL, MATCH_PATTERN_PRIMARY, MATCH_PATTERN_ASSOCIATED}
+// var SUPPORTED_MATCH_PATTERNS = []string{MATCH_PATTERN_SPDX_ID, MATCH_PATTERN_ALIAS, MATCH_PATTERN_URL, MATCH_PATTERN_PRIMARY, MATCH_PATTERN_ASSOCIATED}
 
 type Options struct {
 	ForceResult  bool
@@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ func IdentifyLicensesInFile(filePath string, options Options, licenseLibrary *li
 		return IdentifierResults{}, nil
 	}
 
-	if slices.Contains(options.Patterns, MATCH_PATTERN_SPDX_ID) {
-		Logger.Infof("Pattern: %s\n", MATCH_PATTERN_SPDX_ID)
+	if slices.Contains(options.Patterns, configurer.MATCH_PATTERN_SPDX_ID) {
+		Logger.Infof("Pattern: %s\n", configurer.MATCH_PATTERN_SPDX_ID)
 		licenseMatches, err := findSPDXIdentifierInFile(filePath, 10)
 		if err != nil {
 			return IdentifierResults{}, err