diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ novel-stats takes a single argument: The path to your novel file in markdown
 format. For instance:
 
 ```bash
-novel-stats /path/to/your/novel.md[pp] [-c/--chapter] [-a/--act] [-pp]
+novel-stats [-c/--chapter] [-a/--act] [-pp] /path/to/your/novel.md[pp] 
 ```
 
 ### Optional flags
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ novel-stats /path/to/your/novel.md[pp] [-c/--chapter] [-a/--act] [-pp]
 * `-c` or `--chapter` — output chapter-by-chapter breakdown of word counts,
 including how many words in each chapter are tagged with which status
 * `-a` or `--act` — output act-by-act breakdown of word counts (total only)
-* `--pp` — run markdown pre-processor, this allows for a multi-file input
+* `-pp` — run markdown pre-processor, this allows for a multi-file input
 (e.g. each chapter in its own file), but requires the MarkdownPP python
 library.