diff --git a/ruby.c b/ruby.c
index 8654f87..31fd8b8 100644
--- a/ruby.c
+++ b/ruby.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ usage(const char *name, int help)
 	M("-0[octal]",	   "",			   "specify record separator (\\0, if no argument)"),
 	M("-a",		   "",			   "autosplit mode with -n or -p (splits $_ into $F)"),
 	M("-c",		   "",			   "check syntax only"),
-	M("-Cdirectory",   "",			   "cd to directory, before executing your script"),
+	M("-Cdirectory",   "",			   "cd to directory before executing your script"),
 	M("-d",		   ", --debug",		   "set debugging flags (set $DEBUG to true)"),
 	M("-e 'command'",  "",			   "one line of script. Several -e's allowed. Omit [programfile]"),
 	M("-Eex[:in]",     ", --encoding=ex[:in]", "specify the default external and internal character encodings"),
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ usage(const char *name, int help)
 	M("-l",		   "",			   "enable line ending processing"),
 	M("-n",		   "",			   "assume 'while gets(); ... end' loop around your script"),
 	M("-p",		   "",			   "assume loop like -n but print line also like sed"),
-	M("-rlibrary",	   "",			   "require the library, before executing your script"),
+	M("-rlibrary",	   "",			   "require the library before executing your script"),
 	M("-s",		   "",			   "enable some switch parsing for switches after script name"),
 	M("-S",		   "",			   "look for the script using PATH environment variable"),
 	M("-T[level=1]",   "",			   "turn on tainting checks"),