diff --git a/doc/gmsh.1 b/doc/gmsh.1
index 10cb8a0126e48f62e939f2204eff7e094e318814..e5ea908f0caecc08db35c60df74320675025ebd7 100644
--- a/doc/gmsh.1
+++ b/doc/gmsh.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: gmsh.1,v 1.50 2004-01-25 09:32:36 geuzaine Exp $
+.\" $Id: gmsh.1,v 1.51 2004-02-05 17:16:04 geuzaine Exp $
 .TH Gmsh 1 "14 June 2003" "Gmsh 1.45" "Gmsh Manual Pages"
 .UC 4
 .\" ********************************************************************
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ smooth views at startup.
 combine input views into multi time step ones.
 .TP 4
 .B \-convert file file
-convert an ascii view into a binary one.
+convert all views in a file into binary views.
 .\" ********************************************************************
 .SH DISPLAY OPTIONS
 .TP 4
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/command_line.texi b/doc/texinfo/command_line.texi
index a25ae429d14017d4df5fa3f67a83436cf18279cf..7dff55efe75b1c0daaa2c8a12f7cdf2f1f6760c9 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/command_line.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/command_line.texi
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ smooth views
 @item -combine
 combine input views into multi time step ones
 @item -convert file file
-convert an ascii view into a binary one
+convert all views in a file into binary views
 @end ftable
 
 @sp 1