diff --git a/collects/scribblings/mzc/ext.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/mzc/ext.scrbl
index c0c12f1dd4..eac9ab7d36 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/mzc/ext.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/mzc/ext.scrbl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ it will be found automatically when loading the source. Use the
 subdirectory, where it will be found automatically when loading the
 source file.
 
-The @DFlag{--c-source}/@Flag{c} mode for @|mzc| is like the
+The @DFlag{c-source}/@Flag{c} mode for @|mzc| is like the
 @DFlag{extension}/@Flag{e} mode, except that compilation stops with
 the generation of C code.
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/startup.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/startup.scrbl
index 3a9e394db5..07fac92ff3 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/startup.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/startup.scrbl
@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@ flags:
 
 If at least one command-line argument is provided, and if the first
 one after any @tech{configuration option} is not a flag, then a
-@Flag{u}/@DFlag{--require-script} flag is implicitly added before the
+@Flag{u}/@DFlag{require-script} flag is implicitly added before the
 first non-flag argument.
 
 If no command-line arguments are supplied other than
-@tech{configuration options}, then the @Flag{i}/@DFlag{--repl} flag is
+@tech{configuration options}, then the @Flag{i}/@DFlag{repl} flag is
 effectively added.
 
 For MrEd under X11, the follow flags are recognized when they appear