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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Note that this process is not entirely "in-place", since a file has to be fully
 At no point in time are both versions of the original file deleted.
 To make sure file attributes, permissions and file content are maintained when copying the original file, all attributes and the file checksum is compared before removing the original file.
 
-Since file attributes are fully retained, it is not possible to verify if an individual file has been rebalanced. However, this script keeps track of rebalanced files by maintaining a "database" file called `rebalance_db.txt` in its working directory (if not disabled using `-passes 0`). This file contains two lines of text for each processed file:
+Since file attributes are fully retained, it is not possible to verify if an individual file has been rebalanced. However, this script keeps track of rebalanced files by maintaining a "database" file called `rebalance_db.txt` in its working directory (if not disabled using `--passes 0`). This file contains two lines of text for each processed file:
 
 * One line for the file path
 * and the next line for the current count of rebalances
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Although this script **does** have a progress output (files as well as percentag
 
 When aborting the script midway through, be sure to check the last lines of its output. When cancelling before or during the renaming process a ".rebalance" file might be left and you have to rename it manually.
 
-Although the `-passes` paramter can be used to limit the maximum amount of rebalance passes per file, it is only meant to speedup aborted runs. Individual files will **not be process multiple times automatically**. To reach multiple passes you have to run the script on the same target directory multiple times.
+Although the `--passes` paramter can be used to limit the maximum amount of rebalance passes per file, it is only meant to speedup aborted runs. Individual files will **not be process multiple times automatically**. To reach multiple passes you have to run the script on the same target directory multiple times.
 
 ## Attributions