diff --git a/doc/man/man1/srun.1 b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
index ec905bfce09fed196ff6d6620ba121857b57c647..f27cabcd8203c19c434a6ea82f001ffa6a7bb771 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/srun.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/srun.1
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Specify a name for the job. The specified name will appear along with
 the job id number when querying running jobs on the system. The default
 is the supplied \fBexecutable\fR program's name.
 .TP
-\fB\-\-mpi\R=\fImpi_type\fR
+\fB\-\-mpi\fR=\fImpi_type\fR
 Identify the type of MPI to be used. May result in unique initiation 
 procedures.
 .RS
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ initiated.
 .TP
 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
 verbose operation. Multiple \fB-v\fR's will further increase the verbosity of
-.B srun. By default only errors will be displayed.
+\fBsrun\fR. By default only errors will be displayed.
 .TP
 \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-slurmd-debug\fR=\fIlevel\fR
 Specify a debug level for slurmd(8). \fIlevel\fR may be an integer value