diff --git a/doc/wrap-and-sort.1 b/doc/wrap-and-sort.1
index fee9ba4..d227405 100644
--- a/doc/wrap-and-sort.1
+++ b/doc/wrap-and-sort.1
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ configuration files are applied to the first package.
 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-cleanup\fR
 do not remove trailing whitespaces
 .TP
-\fB\-d\fIPATH\fR, \fB\-\-debian\-directory\fR=\fIPATH\fR
-location of the \fIdebian\fR directory. Default: \fB./debian\fR
+\fB\-d \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-\-debian\-directory\fR=\fIPATH\fR
+location of the \fIdebian\fR directory (default: \fB./debian\fR)
 .TP
 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
 print all files that are touched
diff --git a/wrap-and-sort b/wrap-and-sort
index bc86c13..e4a7d30 100755
--- a/wrap-and-sort
+++ b/wrap-and-sort
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser.add_option("-n", "--no-cleanup", help="don't cleanup whitespaces",
                       dest="cleanup", action="store_false", default=True)
     parser.add_option("-d", "--debian-directory", dest="debian_directory",
-                      help="location of the 'debian' directory. Default: "
-                           "./debian", metavar="PATH", default="debian")
+                      help="location of the 'debian' directory (default: "
+                           "./debian)", metavar="PATH", default="debian")
     parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", help="print more information",
                       dest="verbose", action="store_true", default=False)