diff --git a/src/rados.cc b/src/rados.cc
index 6f62f2f6350..e5bdddd0ad0 100644
--- a/src/rados.cc
+++ b/src/rados.cc
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void usage(ostream& out)
 "   load-gen [options]               generate load on the cluster\n"
 "   listomapkeys <obj-name>          list the keys in the object map\n"
 "   getomapval <obj-name> <key>      show the value for the specified key\n"
-				     "in the object's object map\n"
+"                                    in the object's object map\n"
 "   setomapval <obj-name> <key> <val>\n"
 "   listomapvals <obj-name> <key> <val>\n"
 "   rmomapkey <obj-name> <key> <val>\n"
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void usage(ostream& out)
 "                                    files or objects from the target bucket\n"
 "                                    or directory.\n"
 "       --workers                    Number of worker threads to spawn \n"
-"                                    default " STR(DEFAULT_NUM_RADOS_WORKER_THREADS) "\n"
+"                                    (default " STR(DEFAULT_NUM_RADOS_WORKER_THREADS) ")\n"
 "\n"
 "GLOBAL OPTIONS:\n"
 "   --object_locator object_locator\n"