--- a/man/man1/extract.1
+++ b/man/man1/extract.1
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 (but the last option in the group can take an argument), e.g.,
 \f(CW-lrv4\fP
 is equivalent to
-\f(CW-l -r -v4\fP.
+\f(CW-l \-r \-v4\fP.
 .PP
 For a long option that takes an argument,
 the argument is either taken to be the characters after a `\f(CW=\fP', if any,
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
 To extract text from all Microsoft Office files on a web server:
 .cS
 cd /home/www/htdocs
-extract -v3 -e '*.doc' -e '*.ppt' -e '*.xls' .
+extract \-v3 \-e '*.doc' \-e '*.ppt' \-e '*.xls' .
 .cE
 .SS Filters
 (See the examples in
--- a/man/man1/httpindex.1
+++ b/man/man1/httpindex.1
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@
 To index all HTML and text files on a remote web server
 keeping descriptions locally:
 .cS
-wget -A html,txt -linf -t2 -rxnv -nh -w2 http://www.foo.com 2>&1 |
-httpindex -d -e'html:*.html,text:*.txt'
+wget \-A html,txt \-linf \-t2 \-rxnv \-nh \-w2 http://www.foo.com 2>&1 |
+httpindex \-d \-e'html:*.html,text:*.txt'
 .cE
 Note that you need to redirect
 .BR wget (1)'s
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@
 seperated by commas to a single one of those options.
 For example, if you want to do:
 .cS
-httpindex -e'html:*.html' -e'text:*.txt'
+httpindex \-e'html:*.html' \-e'text:*.txt'
 .cE
 do this instead:
 .cS
-httpindex -e'html:*.html,text:*.txt'
+httpindex \-e'html:*.html,text:*.txt'
 .cE
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR index (1),
--- a/man/man1/index.1
+++ b/man/man1/index.1
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@
 (but the last option in the group can take an argument), e.g.,
 \f(CW-lrv4\fP
 is equivalent to
-\f(CW-l -r -v4\fP.
+\f(CW-l \-r \-v4\fP.
 .P
 For a long option that takes an argument,
 the argument is either taken to be the characters after a `\f(CW=\fP', if any,
@@ -1170,11 +1170,11 @@
 .P
 To index all HTML and text files on a web server:
 .cS
-index -v3 -e 'html:*.*htm*' -e 'text:*.txt' .
+index \-v3 \-e 'html:*.*htm*' \-e 'text:*.txt' .
 .cE
 To index all files not under directories named \f(CWCVS\f1:
 .cS
-find . -name CVS -prune -o -type f -a -print | index -e 'html:*.*htm*' -
+find . \-name CVS \-prune \-o \-type f \-a \-print | index \-e 'html:*.*htm*' \-
 .cE
 .SS Windows Command-Lines
 When using the Windows command interpreter,
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@
 .I must
 use double quotes:
 .cS
-index -v3 -e "html:*.*htm*" -e "text:*.txt" .
+index \-v3 \-e "html:*.*htm*" \-e "text:*.txt" .
 .cE
 This is a problem with Windows, not SWISH++.
 (Double quotes will also work under Unix.)
--- a/man/man1/search.1
+++ b/man/man1/search.1
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 (but the last option in the group can take an argument), e.g.,
 \f(CW-Bq511\fP
 is equivalent to
-\f(CW-B -q 511\fP.
+\f(CW-B \-q 511\fP.
 .PP
 For a long option that takes an argument,
 the argument is either taken to be the characters after a `\f(CW=\fP', if any,
--- a/man/man1/splitmail.1
+++ b/man/man1/splitmail.1
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 .SH NAME
 splitmail \- split mailbox files prior to indexing
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B splitmail -p
+.B splitmail \-p
 .I prefix
 .BI "[ " file " ]"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 .SH EXAMPLE
 The command:
 .cS
-splitmail -p msg sent_messages
+splitmail \-p msg sent_messages
 .cE
 splits the mailbox \f(CWsent_messages\f1 into files named
 \f(CWmsg.00001\f1,
--- a/man/man4/swish++.conf.4
+++ b/man/man4/swish++.conf.4
@@ -291,9 +291,9 @@
 .B FilterFile
 variable lines in a configuration file would be:
 .cS
-FilterFile *.bz2  bunzip2 -c %f > @%F
-FilterFile *.gz   gunzip -c %f > @%F
-FilterFile *.Z    uncompress -c %f > @%F
+FilterFile *.bz2  bunzip2 \-c %f > @%F
+FilterFile *.gz   gunzip \-c %f > @%F
+FilterFile *.Z    uncompress \-c %f > @%F
 .cE
 Given that, a filename such as \f(CWfoo.txt.gz\f1 would become \f(CWfoo.txt\f1.
 If files having \f(CWtxt\f1 extensions should be indexed, then it will be.
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 Patterns can be useful for MIME types.
 For example:
 .cS
-FilterAttachment application/*word  extract -f %f > @%F.txt
+FilterAttachment application/*word  extract \-f %f > @%F.txt
 .cE
 can be used regardless of whether the MIME type is
 \f(CWapplication/msword\f1 (the official MIME type for Microsoft Word documents)
