diff --git a/doc/variables.xml b/doc/variables.xml
index 47e7924c..1f8d2e05 100644
--- a/doc/variables.xml
+++ b/doc/variables.xml
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@
         default_graph_size config setting. Takes the switch '-t' to
         use a temperature gradient, which makes the gradient values
         change depending on the amplitude of a particular graph
-        value (try it and see). 
+        value (try it and see).  If -t or -l is your first argument, you may need to preceed it by a space (' ').
         <para /></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@
             <option>interval (-t) (-l) command</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>Same as execgraph, but takes an interval arg and
-        graphs values. 
+        graphs values.  If -t or -l is your first argument, you may need to preceed it by a space (' ').
         <para /></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     <varlistentry>
@@ -1716,8 +1716,10 @@
             <command>
                 <option>loadavg</option>
             </command>
+			<option>(1|2|3)
+			</option>
         </term>
-        <listitem>(1,2,3)&gt; System load average, 1 is for past 1
+        <listitem>System load average, 1 is for past 1
         minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for past 15 minutes. 
         <para /></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -1726,7 +1728,7 @@
             <command>
                 <option>loadgraph</option>
             </command>
-            <option>(height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
+            <option>(1|2|3) (height),(width) (gradient colour 1) (gradient
             colour 2) (scale) (-t) (-l)</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>Load1 average graph, similar to xload, with
diff --git a/src/specials.c b/src/specials.c
index f5af2043..f8007d74 100644
--- a/src/specials.c
+++ b/src/specials.c
@@ -119,14 +119,12 @@ char *scan_graph(const char *args, int *w, int *h,
 	*tempgrad = FALSE;
 	*showaslog = FALSE;
 	if (args) {
-		if (strstr(args, " "TEMPGRAD)) {
+		if (strstr(args, " "TEMPGRAD) || strncmp(args, TEMPGRAD, strlen(TEMPGRAD)) == 0) {
 			*tempgrad = TRUE;
 		}
-		if (strstr(args, " "LOGGRAPH)) {
+		if (strstr(args, " "LOGGRAPH) || strncmp(args, LOGGRAPH, strlen(LOGGRAPH)) == 0) {
 			*showaslog = TRUE;
 		}
-		DBGP("printing graph as %s, other args are: %s", (*showaslog ? "log" : "normal"), args);
-		//check the rest of the args
 		if (sscanf(args, "%d,%d %x %x %u", h, w, first_colour, last_colour, scale) == 5) {
 			return NULL;
 		}