diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
index 0a195f796..d2cc85075 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_forget.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.Var(&forgetOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist` in the format `tag[,tag,...]` (can be specified multiple times)")
 
 	f.StringArrayVar(&forgetOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) `path` (can be specified multiple times)")
-	f.BoolVarP(&forgetOptions.Compact, "compact", "c", false, "use compact format")
+	f.BoolVarP(&forgetOptions.Compact, "compact", "c", false, "use compact output format")
 
 	f.StringVarP(&forgetOptions.GroupBy, "group-by", "g", "host,paths", "string for grouping snapshots by host,paths,tags")
 	f.BoolVarP(&forgetOptions.DryRun, "dry-run", "n", false, "do not delete anything, just print what would be done")
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
index 380b9b75c..d49e254ec 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_snapshots.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.StringArrayVarP(&snapshotOptions.Hosts, "host", "H", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `host` (can be specified multiple times)")
 	f.Var(&snapshotOptions.Tags, "tag", "only consider snapshots which include this `taglist` (can be specified multiple times)")
 	f.StringArrayVar(&snapshotOptions.Paths, "path", nil, "only consider snapshots for this `path` (can be specified multiple times)")
-	f.BoolVarP(&snapshotOptions.Compact, "compact", "c", false, "use compact format")
+	f.BoolVarP(&snapshotOptions.Compact, "compact", "c", false, "use compact output format")
 	f.BoolVar(&snapshotOptions.Last, "last", false, "only show the last snapshot for each host and path")
 	f.StringVarP(&snapshotOptions.GroupBy, "group-by", "g", "", "string for grouping snapshots by host,paths,tags")
 }