diff --git a/man1/sprof.1 b/man1/sprof.1
index d2255c4e4..e013ece0d 100644
--- a/man1/sprof.1
+++ b/man1/sprof.1
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 sprof \- read and display shared object profiling data
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-.BR sprof " [OPTION]... SHARED-OBJECT-PATH [PROFILE-DATA-PATH]"
+.BR sprof " [\fIoption\fP]... \fIshared-object-path\fP \
+[\fIprofile-data-path\fP]"
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The