diff --git a/dcb/dcb_ets.c b/dcb/dcb_ets.c
index 94c6019e..c2088105 100644
--- a/dcb/dcb_ets.c
+++ b/dcb/dcb_ets.c
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ static void dcb_ets_help_show(void)
 {
 	fprintf(stderr,
 		"Usage: dcb ets show dev STRING\n"
-		"           [ willing | ets-cap | cbs | tc-tsa | reco-tc-tsa |\n"
-		"             pg-bw | tc-bw | reco-tc-bw | prio-tc |\n"
-		"             reco-prio-tc ]\n"
+		"           [ willing ] [ ets-cap ] [ cbs ] [ tc-tsa ]\n"
+		"           [ reco-tc-tsa ] [ pg-bw ] [ tc-bw ] [ reco-tc-bw ]\n"
+		"           [ prio-tc ] [ reco-prio-tc ]\n"
 		"\n"
 	);
 }
diff --git a/man/man8/dcb-ets.8 b/man/man8/dcb-ets.8
index 0ae3587c..1ef0948f 100644
--- a/man/man8/dcb-ets.8
+++ b/man/man8/dcb-ets.8
@@ -17,9 +17,16 @@ the DCB (Data Center Bridging) subsystem
 .ti -8
 .B dcb ets show dev
 .RI DEV
-.RB "[ { " willing " | " ets-cap " | " cbs " | " tc-tsa " | " reco-tc-tsa
-.RB " | " pg-bw " | " tc-bw " | " reco-tc-bw " | " prio-tc
-.RB " | " reco-prio-tc " } ]"
+.RB "[ " willing " ]"
+.RB "[ " ets-cap " ]"
+.RB "[ " cbs " ]"
+.RB "[ " tc-tsa " ]"
+.RB "[ " reco-tc-tsa " ]"
+.RB "[ " pg-bw " ]"
+.RB "[ " tc-bw " ]"
+.RB "[ " reco-tc-bw " ]"
+.RB "[ " prio-tc " ]"
+.RB "[ " reco-prio-tc " ]"
 
 .ti -8
 .B dcb ets set dev