diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sacct.1 b/doc/man/man1/sacct.1
index 4c71cd68d7e21f6fb6b4d63b02d4eb11afad6bbc..890d064983bf65a590ec76a80ecbddd74f27c6bb 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sacct.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sacct.1
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ This example shows the same job accounting information with the
 .nf
 .ft 3
 # sacct \-\-brief
-Jobid      Status     ExitCode
+     Jobid     State  ExitCode
 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
 2          RUNNING           0
 3          RUNNING           0
@@ -1175,8 +1175,8 @@ on the command line.
 .PP
 .nf
 .ft 3
-# sacct \-\-format=jobid,ncpus,ntasks,nsignals,status
-Jobid     Elapsed    Ncpus     Ntasks   Status
+# sacct \-\-format=jobid,elapsed,ncpus,ntasks,state
+     Jobid    Elapsed      Ncpus   Ntasks     State
 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
 3            00:01:30          2        1 COMPLETED
 3.0          00:01:30          2        1 COMPLETED