diff --git a/docs/flags.md b/docs/flags.md
index cf7447478..238283698 100644
--- a/docs/flags.md
+++ b/docs/flags.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The logstash agent has the following flags (also try using the '--help' flag)
 <dd> Log to a given path. Default is to log to stdout </dd>
 <dt> -v </dt>
 <dd> Increase verbosity. There are multiple levels of verbosity available with
-'-vvv' currently being the highest </dd>
+'-vv' currently being the highest </dd>
 <dt> --pluginpath PLUGIN_PATH </dt>
 <dd> A colon-delimted path to find other logstash plugins in </dd>
 </dl>
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/getting-started-simple.md b/docs/tutorials/getting-started-simple.md
index be34728a7..59c6e24b6 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/getting-started-simple.md
+++ b/docs/tutorials/getting-started-simple.md
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Your output may look a little different.
 The reason we're going about it this way is to make absolutely sure that we have all the bits working before adding more complexity.
 
 If you are unable to get these steps working, you likely have something interfering with multicast traffic. This has been known to happen when connected to VPNs for instance.
-For best results, test on a Linux VM or system with less complicated networking. If in doubt, rerun the command with the options `-vvv` and paste the output to Github Gist or Pastie.
+For best results, test on a Linux VM or system with less complicated networking. If in doubt, rerun the command with the options `-vv` and paste the output to Github Gist or Pastie.
 Hop on the logstash IRC channel or mailing list and ask for help with that output as reference.
 
 Obviously this is fairly useless this way. Let's add the final step and test with the builtin logstash web ui: