diff --git a/flashrom.8 b/flashrom.8
index 406e5b0..b652f66 100644
--- a/flashrom.8
+++ b/flashrom.8
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .SH NAME
 flashrom \- detect, read, write, verify and erase flash chips
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-EVfLhR\fR] [\fB\-r\fR file] [\fB\-w\fR file] [\fB\-v\fR file]
+.B flashrom \fR[\fB\-VfLhR\fR] [\fB\-E\fR|\fB\-r\fR file|\fB\-w\fR file|\fB\-v\fR file]
          [\fB\-c\fR chipname] [\fB\-s\fR addr] [\fB\-e\fR addr] [\fB\-m\fR [vendor:]part]
          [\fB\-l\fR file] [\fB\-i\fR image] [\fB\-p\fR programmer] [file]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 flashrom 1.0. Do not use flashrom in scripts or other automated tools without
 checking that your flashrom version won't interpret options in a different way.
 .PP
-If no file is specified, then all that happens
+You can specify one of -E, -r, -w, -v or no operation.
+If no operation is specified, then all that happens
 is that flash info is dumped and the flash chip is set to writable.
 .TP
 .B "\-r, \-\-read <file>"