diff --git a/sparsify/virt-sparsify.pod b/sparsify/virt-sparsify.pod
index 3b6cebd6e..ed7aebd6c 100644
--- a/sparsify/virt-sparsify.pod
+++ b/sparsify/virt-sparsify.pod
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ in place by doing:
 
 Display help.
 
-=item B<--check-tmpdir=ignore>
+=item B<--check-tmpdir ignore>
 
-=item B<--check-tmpdir=continue>
+=item B<--check-tmpdir continue>
 
-=item B<--check-tmpdir=warn>
+=item B<--check-tmpdir warn>
 
-=item B<--check-tmpdir=fail>
+=item B<--check-tmpdir fail>
 
 Check if L</TMPDIR> or I<--tmp> directory has enough space to complete
 the operation.  This is just an estimate.