diff --git a/Tools/pynche/README b/Tools/pynche/README
index 81860ee..1042934 100644
--- a/Tools/pynche/README
+++ b/Tools/pynche/README
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
             it's own Tkinter.Tk instance as the master.  This may not
             be what you want.
 
-        databasefile[*]
+        databasefile
             similar to the --database option, the value must be a
             file name
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         ignore[*]
             similar to the --ignore flag, the value is a boolean
 
-        wantspec[*]
+        wantspec
             When this is true, the "name" field in the return tuple
             will always be a color spec of the form "#rrggbb".  It
             will not return a color name even if there is a match;