diff --git a/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.c b/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.c
index 14345c624110..61c18534b730 100644
--- a/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.c
+++ b/usr.bin/getconf/getconf.c
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ static void	do_pathconf(const char *name, int key, const char *path);
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, "usage:\n"
-		"\tgetconf [-v prog_env] system_var\n"
-		"\tgetconf [-v prog_env] path_var pathname\n");
+	fprintf(stderr,
+"usage: getconf [-v prog_env] system_var\n"
+"       getconf [-v prog_env] path_var pathname\n");
 	exit(EX_USAGE);
 }
 
diff --git a/usr.bin/nl/nl.c b/usr.bin/nl/nl.c
index 43a702702383..e3a5342bfc17 100644
--- a/usr.bin/nl/nl.c
+++ b/usr.bin/nl/nl.c
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ static void
 usage()
 {
 
-	(void)fprintf(stderr, "usage: nl [-p] [-b type] [-d delim] [-f type] \
-[-h type] [-i incr] [-l num]\n\t[-n format] [-s sep] [-v startnum] [-w width] \
-[file]\n");
+	(void)fprintf(stderr,
+"usage: nl [-p] [-b type] [-d delim] [-f type] [-h type] [-i incr] [-l num]\n"
+"          [-n format] [-s sep] [-v startnum] [-w width] [file]\n");
 	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }