diff --git a/scripts/release-parser.py b/scripts/release-parser.py
index 9e5bc6a..2aedeb2 100755
--- a/scripts/release-parser.py
+++ b/scripts/release-parser.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3

+import argparse
 import json
 import re
 import semver
@@ -7,10 +8,15 @@ import sys

 from git import Repo

-# this is the repository where we fetch most of our tag data
-GIT_REPO = sys.argv[1]
-# the bitbake repository is used to associate bitbake versions to them
-BITBAKE_REPO = sys.argv[2]
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    description="Parse Yocto Project release tags and generate releases.json"
+)
+parser.add_argument("docs_repo", help="Path to the yocto-docs git repository")
+parser.add_argument("bitbake_repo", help="Path to the bitbake git repository")
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+GIT_REPO = args.docs_repo
+BITBAKE_REPO = args.bitbake_repo

 print(f"Reading tag information in {GIT_REPO}")