diff --git a/Help/manual/ccmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/ccmake.1.rst
index a5fe1916830ea421260397919fa226826deba4a2..cc3ceec1bf6617c5713ec06bc9de668f4af9108b 100644
--- a/Help/manual/ccmake.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/ccmake.1.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Synopsis
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 
- ccmake [<options>] (<path-to-source> | <path-to-existing-build>)
+ ccmake [<options>] {<path-to-source> | <path-to-existing-build>}
 
 Description
 ===========
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-gui.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-gui.1.rst
index 032b51fda8362e40133f52d742eedabe0483837f..57a98503b1e7f15c00cad66d1591706b83bacc29 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-gui.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-gui.1.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Synopsis
 .. parsed-literal::
 
  cmake-gui [<options>]
- cmake-gui [<options>] (<path-to-source> | <path-to-existing-build>)
+ cmake-gui [<options>] {<path-to-source> | <path-to-existing-build>}
 
 Description
 ===========
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
index c2e6435e153ad7a3be667824e0724756598c9982..577d321476a3400766036b57386c0404eb1fb65d 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Synopsis
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 
- cmake [<options>] (<path-to-source> | <path-to-existing-build>)
- cmake [(-D <var>=<value>)...] -P <cmake-script-file>
+ cmake [<options>] {<path-to-source> | <path-to-existing-build>}
+ cmake [{-D <var>=<value>}...] -P <cmake-script-file>
  cmake --build <dir> [<options>...] [-- <build-tool-options>...]
  cmake --open <dir>
  cmake -E <command> [<options>...]
diff --git a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst
index 75af22e3c6bf8d607a3b14f8fee95b98c28f4e58..9553d159ae2f04eeef4db439738cbd65401fa31a 100644
--- a/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/ctest.1.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Synopsis
  ctest [<options>]
  ctest <path-to-source> <path-to-build> --build-generator <generator>
        [<options>...] [-- <build-options>...] [--test-command <test>]
- ctest (-D <dashboard> | -M <model> -T <action> | -S <script> | -SP <script>)
+ ctest {-D <dashboard> | -M <model> -T <action> | -S <script> | -SP <script>}
        [-- <dashboard-options>...]
 
 Description