diff --git a/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8 b/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
index 0efe9892d5d..417552008be 100644
--- a/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
+++ b/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.8
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 .Nd control a special tty device
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm comcontrol
-.Ar special_device | Fl
+.Ar special_device
 .Op dtrwait Ar number
 .Op drainwait Ar number
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.c b/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.c
index ad77b988b70..4b823e23633 100644
--- a/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.c
+++ b/sbin/comcontrol/comcontrol.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static void
 usage()
 {
 	fprintf(stderr,
-	"usage: comcontrol <filename>|- [dtrwait <n>] [drainwait <n>]\n");
+	"usage: comcontrol <filename> [dtrwait <n>] [drainwait <n>]\n");
 	exit(1);
 }