diff --git a/docs/g-ir-generate.1 b/docs/g-ir-generate.1
index 994e18754..78d12d510 100644
--- a/docs/g-ir-generate.1
+++ b/docs/g-ir-generate.1
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ The output will be written to standard output unless the --output
 is specified.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
-.B \---help
+.B \, --help
 Show help options
 .TP
-.B \, ---shlib=FILENAME
+.B \, --shlib=FILENAME
 The shared library to read the symbols from.
 .TP
-.B \, ---output=FILENAME
+.B \, --output=FILENAME
 Save the resulting output in FILENAME.
 .TP
 .SH BUGS