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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/profiling.rst b/docs/users_guide/profiling.rst
index 1dfe7dd7b0..1a083eb711 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/profiling.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/profiling.rst
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ following RTS options select which break-down to use:
.. rts-flag:: -hc
-h
- *Requires :ghc-flag:`-prof`.* Breaks down the graph by the cost-centre stack
+ *Requires* :ghc-flag:`-prof`. Breaks down the graph by the cost-centre stack
which produced the data.
.. note:: The meaning of the shortened :rts-flag:`-h` is dependent on whether
@@ -704,34 +704,33 @@ following RTS options select which break-down to use:
.. rts-flag:: -hm
- *Requires :ghc-flag:`-prof`.* Break down the live heap by the module
+ *Requires* :ghc-flag:`-prof`. Break down the live heap by the module
containing the code which produced the data.
.. rts-flag:: -hd
- *Requires :ghc-flag:`-prof`.* Breaks down the graph by closure description.
+ *Requires* :ghc-flag:`-prof`. Breaks down the graph by closure description.
For actual data, the description is just the constructor name, for other
closures it is a compiler-generated string identifying the closure.
.. rts-flag:: -hy
- *Requires :ghc-flag:`-prof`.* Breaks down the graph by type. For closures
+ *Requires* :ghc-flag:`-prof`. Breaks down the graph by type. For closures
which have function type or unknown/polymorphic type, the string will
represent an approximation to the actual type.
.. rts-flag:: -hr
- *Requires :ghc-flag:`-prof`.* Break down the graph by retainer set. Retainer
+ *Requires* :ghc-flag:`-prof`. Break down the graph by retainer set. Retainer
profiling is described in more detail below (:ref:`retainer-prof`).
.. rts-flag:: -hb
- *Requires :ghc-flag:`-prof`.* Break down the graph by biography.
+ *Requires* :ghc-flag:`-prof`. Break down the graph by biography.
Biographical profiling is described in more detail below
(:ref:`biography-prof`).
.. rts-flag:: -l
-
:noindex:
.. index::