diff --git a/common/locale/en-US/starting.xml b/common/locale/en-US/starting.xml
index da3a08d6..38935504 100644
--- a/common/locale/en-US/starting.xml
+++ b/common/locale/en-US/starting.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     </li>
     <li>
         <p>
-            If <o>exrc</o> is set and the +u command-line option was not
+            If <o>exrc</o> is set and the <t>+u</t> command-line option was not
             specified, then any RC file in the current directory is also
             sourced.
         </p>
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         </p>
 
         <ul>
-            <li><o>noloadplugins</o> is set,</li>
+            <li><o>loadplugins</o> is unset,</li>
             <li>the <t>++noplugin</t> command-line option was specified, or</li>
             <li>the <tt><t>+u</t>=NONE</tt> command-line option was specified.</li>
         </ul>