diff --git a/smem.8 b/smem.8
index b66c789..ce24bf4 100644
--- a/smem.8
+++ b/smem.8
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ specify a couple things that smem cannot discover on its own.
 .TP
 .BI "\-K " KERNEL ", \-\-kernel=" KERNEL
 Path to kernel image.  This lets smem include the size of the kernel's
-code and statically allocated data in the systemwide (-w) output.
+code and statically allocated data in the systemwide (\-w) output.
+
 
 .TP
 .BI "\-R " REALMEM ", \-\-realmem=" REALMEM
 Amount of physical RAM.  This lets smem detect the amount of memory used
-by firmware/hardware in the systemwide (-w) output.  If provided, it
+by firmware/hardware in the systemwide (\-w) output.  If provided, it
 will also be used as the total memory size to base percentages on.
-
 .TP
 .BI "\-S " SOURCE ", \-\-source=" SOURCE
 /proc data source.  This lets you specify an alternate source of the