that attach to them.
.PP
The mandatory \fIdatabase\fR argument specifies the
-\fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration
-is retrieved. It takes one of the following forms:
-.IP "\fBtcp:\fIip\fB:\fIport\fR"
-Connect to the given TCP \fIport\fR on \fIip\fR.
-.IP "\fBunix:\fIfile\fR"
-Connect to the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR.
+\fBovsdb\-server\fR from which \fBovs\-vswitchd\fR's configuration is
+retrieved. It should take the form \fBunix:\fIfile\fR, to connect to
+the Unix domain server socket named \fIfile\fR.
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
-.IP "\fB--appctl-command=\fIcommand\fR"
+.IP "\fB\-\-appctl\-command=\fIcommand\fR"
Sets the command that \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR runs to communicate with
\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR. The command is run in \fB/bin/sh\fR as a shell
command, so \fIcommand\fR may contain arbitrary shell metacharacters,
-etc. The \fB--help\fR option displays the default command.
+etc. The \fB\-\-help\fR option displays the default command.
.IP
\fIcommand\fR must contain exactly one instance of \fB%s\fR, which
\fBovs\-brcompatd\fR replaces by a command from the set understood by
standard error streams, because \fBovs\-brcompatd\fR expects to read
both of these streams separately.
.TP
-\fB--prune-timeout=\fIsecs\fR
+\fB\-\-prune\-timeout=\fIsecs\fR
.
Sets the maximum time between pruning port entries to \fIsecs\fR seconds.
Pruning ports is the process of removing port entries from \fIdatabase\fR