diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.sgml
index c36abfe3cf..b0b298a165 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.sgml
@@ -1669,8 +1669,8 @@ $%&'()*+,-./01234567
               <cmdsynopsis>
                 <command>filter-name</command>
                 <arg
-                  choice="plain">-x<replaceable>pixel-width</replaceable></arg>
-                <arg choice="plain">-y<replaceable>pixel-height</replaceable></arg>
+                  choice="plain">-x <replaceable>pixel-width</replaceable></arg>
+                <arg choice="plain">-y <replaceable>pixel-height</replaceable></arg>
                 <arg choice="plain">-n <replaceable>login</replaceable></arg>
                 <arg choice="plain">-h <replaceable>host</replaceable></arg>
                 <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>acct-file</replaceable></arg>