diff --git a/flawfinder.1 b/flawfinder.1
index 10672e1..6d6c3c3 100644
--- a/flawfinder.1
+++ b/flawfinder.1
@@ -302,18 +302,19 @@ select input data,
 select which hits to display,
 select the output format,
 and perform hitlist management.
-Flawfinder supports the standard syntax defined in the
+The commonly-used flawfinder options
+support the standard option syntax defined in the
 POSIX (Issue 7, 2013 Edition) section ``Utility Conventions''.
-It also supports the GNU long options
+Flawfinder also supports the GNU long options
 (double-dash options of form \-\-\fIoption\fR)
 as defined in the \fIGNU C Library Reference Manual\fR
 ``Program Argument Syntax Conventions''
 and \fIGNU Coding Standards\fR ``Standards for Command Line Interfaces''.
 Long option arguments can be provided as ``--name=value'' or ``-name value''.
-Some options can only be accessed using the more
+All options can be accessed using the more
 readable GNU long option conventions;
-common options are also supported
-by the older single-letter option convention.
+some less commonly used options can \fIonly\fR be accessed
+using long option conventions.
 
 .SS "Documentation"