diff --git a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
index 5479f98bc4..89252ac243 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/manual.yml
@@ -3262,8 +3262,8 @@ sections:
       Streaming forms include `[<path>, <leaf-value>]` (to indicate any
       scalar value, empty array, or empty object), and `[<path>]` (to
       indicate the end of an array or object).  Future versions of jq
-      run with `--stream` and `-seq` may output additional forms such as
-      `["error message"]` when an input text fails to parse.
+      run with `--stream` and `--seq` may output additional forms such
+      as `["error message"]` when an input text fails to parse.
 
     entries:
       - title: "`truncate_stream(stream_expression)`"
diff --git a/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml
index cd5ad4ea86..be2f1c562a 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/v1.5/manual.yml
@@ -2627,8 +2627,8 @@ sections:
       Streaming forms include `[<path>, <leaf-value>]` (to indicate any
       scalar value, empty array, or empty object), and `[<path>]` (to
       indicate the end of an array or object).  Future versions of jq
-      run with `--stream` and `-seq` may output additional forms such as
-      `["error message"]` when an input text fails to parse.
+      run with `--stream` and `--seq` may output additional forms such
+      as `["error message"]` when an input text fails to parse.
 
     entries:
       - title: "`truncate_stream(stream_expression)`"
diff --git a/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml
index 00ae468b55..be62cab6cd 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/v1.6/manual.yml
@@ -3002,8 +3002,8 @@ sections:
       Streaming forms include `[<path>, <leaf-value>]` (to indicate any
       scalar value, empty array, or empty object), and `[<path>]` (to
       indicate the end of an array or object).  Future versions of jq
-      run with `--stream` and `-seq` may output additional forms such as
-      `["error message"]` when an input text fails to parse.
+      run with `--stream` and `--seq` may output additional forms such
+      as `["error message"]` when an input text fails to parse.
 
     entries:
       - title: "`truncate_stream(stream_expression)`"
diff --git a/jq.1.prebuilt b/jq.1.prebuilt
index 4273110c6e..de3dfa34f2 100644
--- a/jq.1.prebuilt
+++ b/jq.1.prebuilt
@@ -3680,7 +3680,7 @@ Several builtins are provided to make handling streams easier\.
 The examples below use the streamed form of \fB[0,[1]]\fR, which is \fB[[0],0],[[1,0],1],[[1,0]],[[1]]\fR\.
 .
 .P
-Streaming forms include \fB[<path>, <leaf\-value>]\fR (to indicate any scalar value, empty array, or empty object), and \fB[<path>]\fR (to indicate the end of an array or object)\. Future versions of jq run with \fB\-\-stream\fR and \fB\-seq\fR may output additional forms such as \fB["error message"]\fR when an input text fails to parse\.
+Streaming forms include \fB[<path>, <leaf\-value>]\fR (to indicate any scalar value, empty array, or empty object), and \fB[<path>]\fR (to indicate the end of an array or object)\. Future versions of jq run with \fB\-\-stream\fR and \fB\-\-seq\fR may output additional forms such as \fB["error message"]\fR when an input text fails to parse\.
 .
 .SS "truncate_stream(stream_expression)"
 Consumes a number as input and truncates the corresponding number of path elements from the left of the outputs of the given streaming expression\.