diff --git a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-eclipse.xml b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-eclipse.xml
index f7f772e322..7c0cbd3b68 100644
--- a/documentation/adt-manual/adt-eclipse.xml
+++ b/documentation/adt-manual/adt-eclipse.xml
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@
             This error causes the application to hang.
         </para>
         <para>
-            To fix this issue, you can use the <filename>&dash;&dash;vmargs</filename>
+            To fix this issue, you can use the <filename>--vmargs</filename>
             option when you start 
             Eclipse to increase the size of the permanent generation space:
             <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     eclipse &dash;&dash;vmargs &dash;&dash;XX:PermSize=256M
+     eclipse --vmargs --XX:PermSize=256M
             </literallayout>
         </para>
     </section>
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
             This selection runs the <filename>autogen.sh</filename> in the workspace for your project.  
             The script runs <filename>libtoolize</filename>, <filename>aclocal</filename>,
             <filename>autoconf</filename>, <filename>autoheader</filename>, 
-            <filename>automake &dash;&dash;a</filename>, and 
+            <filename>automake --a</filename>, and 
             <filename>./configure</filename>.</para></listitem>
         </orderedlist>
     </para>