diff --git a/common/arg.cpp b/common/arg.cpp
index f67e0d96d702a..e0f1d998f6056 100644
--- a/common/arg.cpp
+++ b/common/arg.cpp
@@ -2204,32 +2204,33 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
     ).set_examples({LLAMA_EXAMPLE_SERVER}).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_NO_CONT_BATCHING"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--mmproj"}, "FILE",
-        "path to a multimodal projector file. see tools/mtmd/README.md",
+        "path to a multimodal projector file. see tools/mtmd/README.md\n"
+        "note: if -hf is used, this argument can be omitted",
         [](common_params & params, const std::string & value) {
             params.mmproj.path = value;
         }
-    ).set_examples(mmproj_examples));
+    ).set_examples(mmproj_examples).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--mmproj-url"}, "URL",
         "URL to a multimodal projector file. see tools/mtmd/README.md",
         [](common_params & params, const std::string & value) {
             params.mmproj.url = value;
         }
-    ).set_examples(mmproj_examples));
+    ).set_examples(mmproj_examples).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ_URL"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--no-mmproj"},
         "explicitly disable multimodal projector, useful when using -hf",
         [](common_params & params) {
             params.no_mmproj = true;
         }
-    ).set_examples(mmproj_examples));
+    ).set_examples(mmproj_examples).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_NO_MMPROJ"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--no-mmproj-offload"},
         "do not offload multimodal projector to GPU",
         [](common_params & params) {
             params.mmproj_use_gpu = false;
         }
-    ).set_examples(mmproj_examples));
+    ).set_examples(mmproj_examples).set_env("LLAMA_ARG_NO_MMPROJ_OFFLOAD"));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"--image"}, "FILE",
         "path to an image file. use with multimodal models. Specify multiple times for batching",