diff --git a/src/sbatch/opt.c b/src/sbatch/opt.c
index 7bcc81b724f00e14d9e6b4b6aa1e13e1892da140..f1a869e0eaddb569a256c2622136464b431f0d69 100644
--- a/src/sbatch/opt.c
+++ b/src/sbatch/opt.c
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ static void _help(void)
 "      --begin=time            defer job until HH:MM DD/MM/YY\n"
 "      --mail-type=type        notify on state change: BEGIN, END, FAIL or ALL\n"
 "      --mail-user=user        who to send email notification for job state changes\n"
-"      --ctrl-comm-ifhn=addr   interface hostname for PMI commaunications from srun"
+"      --ctrl-comm-ifhn=addr   interface hostname for PMI commaunications from srun\n"
 "      --multi-prog            if set the program name specified is the\n"
 "                              configuration specificaiton for multiple programs\n"
 "      --no-requeue            if set, do not permit the job to be requeued\n"
diff --git a/src/slaunch/opt.c b/src/slaunch/opt.c
index ec97efc49aba2f6ea68f2929520c8ba28a0b8a93..977c92fbc54f6cee76b56f384230d2b34ea6f923 100644
--- a/src/slaunch/opt.c
+++ b/src/slaunch/opt.c
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ static void _help(void)
 "      --epilog=program        run \"program\" after launching job step\n"
 "      --task-prolog=program   run \"program\" before launching task\n"
 "      --task-epilog=program   run \"program\" after launching task\n"
-"      --ctrl-comm-ifhn=addr   interface hostname for PMI commaunications from slaunch"
+"      --ctrl-comm-ifhn=addr   interface hostname for PMI commaunications from slaunch\n"
 "      --multi-prog            if set the program name specified is the\n"
 "                              configuration specificaiton for multiple programs\n"
 "\n"
diff --git a/src/srun/opt.c b/src/srun/opt.c
index 57d1120eb8053078cefb827c01e3f9d07f57dcdc..ad754b5905d7f3d6e727a8c8f05a96ac10c264ae 100644
--- a/src/srun/opt.c
+++ b/src/srun/opt.c
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ static void _usage(void)
 "            [--mail-type=type] [--mail-user=user][--nice[=value]]\n"
 "            [--prolog=fname] [--epilog=fname]\n"
 "            [--task-prolog=fname] [--task-epilog=fname]\n"
-"            [--ctrl-comm-ifhn=addr] [--multi-prog] [--no-requeue]"
+"            [--ctrl-comm-ifhn=addr] [--multi-prog] [--no-requeue]\n"
 "            [-w hosts...] [-x hosts...] executable [args...]\n");
 }
 
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ static void _help(void)
 "      --begin=time            defer job until HH:MM DD/MM/YY\n"
 "      --mail-type=type        notify on state change: BEGIN, END, FAIL or ALL\n"
 "      --mail-user=user        who to send email notification for job state changes\n"
-"      --ctrl-comm-ifhn=addr   interface hostname for PMI commaunications from srun"
+"      --ctrl-comm-ifhn=addr   interface hostname for PMI commaunications from srun\n"
 "      --multi-prog            if set the program name specified is the\n"
 "                              configuration specificaiton for multiple programs\n"
 "      --no-requeue            if set, do not permit the job to be requeued\n"