diff --git a/src/doc/man/recollindex.1 b/src/doc/man/recollindex.1
index b52751dc..ff029048 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/recollindex.1
+++ b/src/doc/man/recollindex.1
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ in recoll.conf). You could mostly accomplish the same thing with
 .B find /path/to/dir \-print | recollindex \-f \-Z 
 .PP
 .B recollindex \-r
-mostly works like -i, but the parameter is a single directory, which will
+mostly works like \-i, but the parameter is a single directory, which will
 be recursively updated. This mostly does nothing more than 
-.B find topdir | recollindex -i
+.B find topdir | recollindex \-i
 but it may be more convenient to use when started from another program.
 .PP
 .B recollindex \-l