diff --git a/util/options.cc b/util/options.cc
index 3ae2454ff..c55feb2aa 100644
--- a/util/options.cc
+++ b/util/options.cc
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ view_options_t::add_options (option_parser_t *parser)
   GOptionEntry entries[] =
   {
     {"annotate",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&this->annotate,		"Annotate output rendering",				NULL},
-    {"background",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&this->back,			"Set background color (default: " DEFAULT_BACK ")",	"red/#rrggbb/#rrggbbaa"},
-    {"foreground",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&this->fore,			"Set foreground color (default: " DEFAULT_FORE ")",	"red/#rrggbb/#rrggbbaa"},
+    {"background",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&this->back,			"Set background color (default: " DEFAULT_BACK ")",	"rrggbb/rrggbbaa"},
+    {"foreground",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&this->fore,			"Set foreground color (default: " DEFAULT_FORE ")",	"rrggbb/rrggbbaa"},
     {"line-space",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE,	&this->line_space,		"Set space between lines (default: 0)",			"units"},
     {"margin",		0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_CALLBACK,	(gpointer) &parse_margin,	"Margin around output (default: " G_STRINGIFY(DEFAULT_MARGIN) ")","one to four numbers"},
     {"font-size",	0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_DOUBLE,	&this->font_size,		"Font size (default: " G_STRINGIFY(DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE) ")","size"},