diff --git a/fslmeants.cc b/fslmeants.cc
index 3caa6552f962fc183f9c7193fceb1de5e27efff0..7b2e697017754e46ee762d7bd8fda71310dc171d 100644
--- a/fslmeants.cc
+++ b/fslmeants.cc
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ Option<float> coordval(string("-c"), 0.0,
 		  string("~<x y z>\trequested spatial coordinate (instead of mask)"), 
 		  false, requires_3_arguments);
 Option<bool> eig(string("--eig"), false,
-		  string("calculate Eigenvariate(s) instead of mean (output will have 0 mean)"),
+		  string("        calculate Eigenvariate(s) instead of mean (output will have 0 mean)"),
 		  false, no_argument);
 Option<int> order(string("--order"), 1,
-		  string("select number of Eigenvariates (default 1)"),
+		  string("        select number of Eigenvariates (default 1)"),
 		  false, requires_argument);
 int nonoptarg;