diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00dfd54d..f8140e37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ Features
 
 - Added the `-CP`, `-CE`, and `-CL` compiler options to allow passing arbitrary flags to the C compiler:
 
- > `-CP directory`
+ > `-CP cc-commands`
  >
  > Specify a custom command line for the C compiler to compile a program module. See Makefile.config for an example of how to construct such a command line.
  >
- > `-CE directory`
+ > `-CE cc-commands`
  >
  > Specify a custom command line for the C compiler to compile an executable.
  >
- > `-CL directory`
+ > `-CL cc-commands`
  >
  > Specify a custom command line for the C compiler to compile a library module.
 
diff --git a/cyclone.scm b/cyclone.scm
index a0c6198f..b90876d7 100644
--- a/cyclone.scm
+++ b/cyclone.scm
@@ -486,12 +486,12 @@
                  in order to locate imported libraries.
  -I directory    Prepend directory to the list of directories that are searched 
                  in order to locate imported libraries.
- -CP directory   Specify a custom command line for the C compiler to compile
+ -CP cc-commands Specify a custom command line for the C compiler to compile
                  a program module. See Makefile.config for an example of how
                  to construct such a command line.
- -CE directory   Specify a custom command line for the C compiler to compile
+ -CE cc-commands Specify a custom command line for the C compiler to compile
                  an executable.
- -CL directory   Specify a custom command line for the C compiler to compile
+ -CL cc-commands Specify a custom command line for the C compiler to compile
                  a library module.
  -Ox             Optimization level, higher means more optimizations will
                  be used. Set to 0 to disable optimizations.