diff --git a/git-fresh b/git-fresh
index b2fb6c6..e18066f 100755
--- a/git-fresh
+++ b/git-fresh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
   - prune remote branches
 
   git-fresh will ignore any branches listed in a .freshignore file.
-  .freshignore should contain branch names you would like to ignore
+  freshignore should contain branch names you would like to ignore
   on separate lines. The file can exist in the current Git repo
   or in the home directory, i.e. ~/.freshignore.
 
diff --git a/git-fresh.1 b/git-fresh.1
index 87741b4..0c730aa 100644
--- a/git-fresh.1
+++ b/git-fresh.1
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stash changes
 prune \fIremote\fP branches
 .PP
 \fBgit-fresh\fP will ignore any branches listed in a .freshignore file.
-.freshignore should contain branch names you would like to ignore
+\ .freshignore should contain branch names you would like to ignore
 on separate lines. The file can exist in the current Git repo
 or in the home directory, i.e. ~/.freshignore.
 .PP