diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/Passes.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/Passes.cpp
index f67eb79..5ea2941 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/Passes.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/Passes.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
                RegisterPassParser<RegisterRegAlloc> >
 RegAlloc("regalloc",
          cl::init(&createLinearScanRegisterAllocator),
-         cl::desc("Register allocator to use: (default = linearscan)")); 
+         cl::desc("Register allocator to use (default=linearscan)")); 
 
 
 //===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/VirtRegRewriter.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/VirtRegRewriter.cpp
index 84e0398..7aa0a91 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/VirtRegRewriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/VirtRegRewriter.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 static cl::opt<RewriterName>
 RewriterOpt("rewriter",
-            cl::desc("Rewriter to use: (default: local)"),
+            cl::desc("Rewriter to use (default=local)"),
             cl::Prefix,
             cl::values(clEnumVal(local,   "local rewriter"),
                        clEnumVal(trivial, "trivial rewriter"),