diff --git a/doc/dump_modify.html b/doc/dump_modify.html
index b15a322db0..37a8ebf6ac 100644
--- a/doc/dump_modify.html
+++ b/doc/dump_modify.html
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <I>adiam</I> args = type diam
     type = atom type or range of types (see below)
     diam = diameter of atoms of that type (distance units)
-  <I>amap</I> args = lo hi style N delta entry1 entry2 ... entryN
+  <I>amap</I> args = lo hi style delta N entry1 entry2 ... entryN
     lo = number or <I>min</I> = lower bound of range of color map
     hi = number or <I>max</I> = upper bound of range of color map
     style = 2 letters = "c" or "d" or "s" plus "a" or "f"
@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ dump_modify myDump image yes scale no flush yes
 dump_modify 1 region mySphere thresh x < 0.0 thresh epair >= 3.2
 dump_modify xtcdump precision 10000
 dump_modify 1 every 1000
-dump_modify 1 every v_myVar 
-</PRE>
-<PRE>dump_modify 1 amap min max cf 0.0 3 min green 0.5 yellow max blue boxcolor red 
+dump_modify 1 every v_myVar
+dump_modify 1 amap min max cf 0.0 3 min green 0.5 yellow max blue boxcolor red 
 </PRE>
 <P><B>Description:</B>
 </P>
diff --git a/doc/dump_modify.txt b/doc/dump_modify.txt
index 93a87e3298..758c54df87 100644
--- a/doc/dump_modify.txt
+++ b/doc/dump_modify.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ keyword = {acolor} or {adiam} or {amap} or {append} or {bcolor} or {bdiam} or {b
   {adiam} args = type diam
     type = atom type or range of types (see below)
     diam = diameter of atoms of that type (distance units)
-  {amap} args = lo hi style N delta entry1 entry2 ... entryN
+  {amap} args = lo hi style delta N entry1 entry2 ... entryN
     lo = number or {min} = lower bound of range of color map
     hi = number or {max} = upper bound of range of color map
     style = 2 letters = "c" or "d" or "s" plus "a" or "f"
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ dump_modify myDump image yes scale no flush yes
 dump_modify 1 region mySphere thresh x < 0.0 thresh epair >= 3.2
 dump_modify xtcdump precision 10000
 dump_modify 1 every 1000
-dump_modify 1 every v_myVar :pre
+dump_modify 1 every v_myVar
 dump_modify 1 amap min max cf 0.0 3 min green 0.5 yellow max blue boxcolor red :pre
 
 [Description:]