diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
index aa4be8a..e5bb4d8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
 MODULE_VERSION(AIC7XXX_DRIVER_VERSION);
 module_param(aic7xxx, charp, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(aic7xxx,
-"period delimited, options string.\n"
+"period-delimited options string:\n"
 "	verbose			Enable verbose/diagnostic logging\n"
 "	allow_memio		Allow device registers to be memory mapped\n"
 "	debug			Bitmask of debug values to enable\n"