diff --git a/bin/pt-table-checksum b/bin/pt-table-checksum
index bdd2b806..419824ed 100755
--- a/bin/pt-table-checksum
+++ b/bin/pt-table-checksum
@@ -12613,14 +12613,14 @@ Socket file to use for connection.
 
 =item --slave-skip-tolerance
 
-type: float; default: 1.0
+type: float; default: 1.0 
 
-When a master table is marked to be checksumed in only one chunk but a slave 
-table exceeds the maximum accepted size for this, the table is skipped by default. 
+When a master table is marked to be checksumed in only one chunk but a slave
+table exceeds the maximum accepted size for this, the table is skipped. 
 Since number of rows are often rough estimates, many times tables are skipped
-needlessly for very small differences. 
+needlessly for very small differences.
 This option provides a max row excess tolerance to prevent this.
-Example: A value of 1.2 will tolerate slave tables with up to 20% excess rows. 
+For example a value of 1.2 will tolerate slave tables with up to 20% excess rows.
 
 =item --tables