diff --git a/job.sums b/job.sums
index 275e5fab..2387d64b 100644
--- a/job.sums
+++ b/job.sums
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 generate_auto_job b70f64314f1ae1f100fa6a11975dee5f7669038e2a619b6c9da1e5230db1dd1b
 job.yml 8177cadf41096efdc174f04daadfe5d98c592ad44ad10cb96537521fd79a801a
 libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_decl.hh 97395ecbe590b23ae04d6cce2080dbd0e998917ff5eeaa5c6aafa91041d3cd6a
-libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_help.hh 3a56e34d54dd3a7ea9e248d0fbc9ed6923c30f3c4bb455e2f0894b2f7fb14c72
+libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_help.hh 2653faaf59415bec81c3a85d426239d52b609ac24faba34ec2d26f00710dd2c6
 libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_init.hh 465bf46769559ceb77110d1b9d3293ba9b3595850b49848c31aeabd10aadb4ad
 manual/_ext/qpdf.py 855fe12de5af7a10bb24be6ecc4d5dff4c84ac58cf388a13be6bbb394346a67d
-manual/cli.rst ce761433f0f84c379d9509c9fc4cb8ed08556ecf8f2fe22bb4a6146f3041439d
+manual/cli.rst b136c7f33a538c580b081a7e802c27635aad2a4229efa0eb0736466116b7aa90
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_help.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_help.hh
index 348e9ad9..dd55fb0c 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_help.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/auto_job_help.hh
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ Don't optimize images whose area in pixels is below the specified value.
 )");
 ap.addOptionHelp("--keep-inline-images", "modification", "exclude inline images from optimization", R"(Prevent inline images from being considered by --optimize-images.
 )");
-ap.addOptionHelp("--remove-page-labels", "modification", "remove page labels (numbers)", R"(Exclude page labels (explicit page numbers) from the output file.
+ap.addOptionHelp("--remove-page-labels", "modification", "remove explicit page numbers", R"(Exclude page labels (explicit page numbers) from the output file.
 )");
 ap.addHelpTopic("encryption", "create encrypted files", R"(Create encrypted files. Usage:
 
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ Specify the attachment's modification date in PDF format;
 defaults to the current time. Run qpdf --help=pdf-dates for
 information about the date format.
 )");
-ap.addOptionHelp("--mimetype", "add-attachment", "attachment mime type (e.g. application/pdf)", R"(--mimetype=type/subtype
+ap.addOptionHelp("--mimetype", "add-attachment", "attachment mime type, e.g. application/pdf", R"(--mimetype=type/subtype
 
 Specify the mime type for the attachment, such as text/plain,
 application/pdf, image/png, etc.
diff --git a/manual/cli.rst b/manual/cli.rst
index f8c1091f..0238ba16 100644
--- a/manual/cli.rst
+++ b/manual/cli.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
    for additional help. Command line arguments can be referenced using
    :qpdf:ref:`--option`. They also appear in an index.
 
+   Note: 2022-01-22: because short help text is used in the "schema"
+   json object for QPDFJob json, we can't end short text with a ``)``
+   character since doing so would cause ``)"`` to appear in the string
+   literal. We use the R"(...)" syntax for these literals, and that
+   looks like an end delimiter. While the C++ spec allows
+   R"anything(...)anything" specifically for this purpose, the MSVC in
+   CI at the time of this writing did not support that construct.
+
    STYLE NOTES
 
    In this text, :samp:`...` and ``...`` are used somewhat
@@ -1643,7 +1651,7 @@ Related Options
 
 .. qpdf:option:: --remove-page-labels
 
-   .. help: remove page labels (numbers)
+   .. help: remove explicit page numbers
 
       Exclude page labels (explicit page numbers) from the output file.
 
@@ -2707,7 +2715,7 @@ These options are valid between :qpdf:ref:`--add-attachment` and ``--``.
 
 .. qpdf:option:: --mimetype=type/subtype
 
-   .. help: attachment mime type (e.g. application/pdf)
+   .. help: attachment mime type, e.g. application/pdf
 
       Specify the mime type for the attachment, such as text/plain,
       application/pdf, image/png, etc.