diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md
index 78720d2d..52bc3abb 100644
--- a/BUILD.md
+++ b/BUILD.md
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ and the nim source (`src`) and tests directories.
 
 You can see a list of matching targets with the `targets` command, e.g.
 ```
-make targets <path>
+make targets PATH
 ```
 or
 ```
-nimble targets <path>
+nimble targets PATH
 ```
 
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ to the `make` command below).
 | --- | --- |
 | help    | Show help message |
 | show    | Show Nim compile flags |
-| targets | Show available build targets. Targets <name> will search for targets matching <name> (can include standard shell wildcards) |
+| targets | Show available build targets. Targets NAME will search for targets matching NAME (can include standard shell wildcards) |
 | clean   | Remove contents of nimcache directory |
 | tests   | Build tests and create `testscript.sh` test runner |
 | make    | Search for each [path]... as described below, compile, link, and put executables in `bin` |
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ When using the `make` build method the `make` command is default and can be skip
 
 | Option | Description |
 | --- | --- |
-| -<option>  | Passes `-<option>` to Nim compiler |
-| :-<option> | Passes `-<option>` to Nim compiler (avoids issues with make/nimble trying to parse it). |
+| -option  | Passes `-option` to Nim compiler |
+| :-option | Passes `-option` to Nim compiler (avoids issues with make/nimble trying to parse it). |
 | :foo       | Sets Nim define `foo` (equivalent to `-d:foo`). |
 | :foo=bar   | Sets Nim define `foo` to value `bar` (equivalent to `-d:foo=bar`). |