diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.sgml
index 42215483ec..c36abfe3cf 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing/chapter.sgml
@@ -1572,9 +1572,9 @@ $%&'()*+,-./01234567
               <cmdsynopsis>
                 <command>filter-name</command>
                 <arg>-c</arg>
-                <arg choice="plain">-w<replaceable>width</replaceable></arg>
-                <arg choice="plain">-l<replaceable>length</replaceable></arg>
-                <arg choice="plain">-i<replaceable>indent</replaceable></arg>
+                <arg choice="plain">-w <replaceable>width</replaceable></arg>
+                <arg choice="plain">-l <replaceable>length</replaceable></arg>
+                <arg choice="plain">-i <replaceable>indent</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>
@@ -1691,8 +1691,8 @@ $%&amp;'()*+,-./01234567
 
               <cmdsynopsis>
                 <command>filter-name</command>
-                <arg choice="plain">-w<replaceable>width</replaceable></arg>
-                <arg choice="plain">-l<replaceable>length</replaceable></arg>
+                <arg choice="plain">-w <replaceable>width</replaceable></arg>
+                <arg choice="plain">-l <replaceable>length</replaceable></arg>
               </cmdsynopsis>
 
               which are identical to the text filters <option>-w</option> and