3 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/awklib/eg/prog/cut.awk b/awklib/eg/prog/cut.awk
index 1ec89288..b0987b3a 100644
--- a/awklib/eg/prog/cut.awk
+++ b/awklib/eg/prog/cut.awk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # May 1993
 
 # Options:
+#    -c list     Cut characters
 #    -f list     Cut fields
 #    -d c        Field delimiter character
-#    -c list     Cut characters
 #
 #    -s          Suppress lines without the delimiter
 #
diff --git a/awklib/eg/prog/split.awk b/awklib/eg/prog/split.awk
index 8714dad2..16780044 100644
--- a/awklib/eg/prog/split.awk
+++ b/awklib/eg/prog/split.awk
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 # Revised slightly, May 2014
 # Rewritten September 2020
 
-function usage()
+
+function usage(		common)
 {
-    print("usage: split [-l count]  [-a suffix-len] [file [outname]]") > "/dev/stderr"
-    print("       split [-b N[k|m]] [-a suffix-len] [file [outname]]") > "/dev/stderr"
+    common = "[-a suffix-len] [file [outname]]"
+    printf("usage: split [-l count]  %s\n", common) > "/dev/stderr"
+    printf("       split [-b N[k|m]] %s\n", common) > "/dev/stderr"
     exit 1
 }
 BEGIN {
diff --git a/awklib/eg/prog/uniq.awk b/awklib/eg/prog/uniq.awk
index 57c98f2c..e614bf2b 100644
--- a/awklib/eg/prog/uniq.awk
+++ b/awklib/eg/prog/uniq.awk
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 function usage()
 {
-    print("Usage: uniq [-udc [-f fields] [-s chars]] [ in [ out ]]") > "/dev/stderr"
+    print("Usage: uniq [-udc [-f fields] [-s chars]] " \
+          "[ in [ out ]]") > "/dev/stderr"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ function usage()
 # -u    only nonrepeated lines
 # -f n  skip n fields
 # -s n  skip n characters, skip fields first
-# As of 2020, '+' can be used as option character in addition to '-'
+# As of 2020, '+' can be used as the option character in addition to '-'
 # Previously allowed use of -N to skip fields and +N to skip
 # characters is no longer allowed, and not supported by this version.