diff --git a/src/mu-config.c b/src/mu-config.c
index 577c7981..32b01e15 100644
--- a/src/mu-config.c
+++ b/src/mu-config.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ config_options_group_mu (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 		  "don't give any progress information", NULL },
 		{"version", 'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->version,
 		 "display version and copyright information", NULL},
-		{"muhome", 'm', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME, &opts->muhome,
+		{"muhome", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME, &opts->muhome,
 		 "specify an alternative mu directory", NULL},
 		{"log-stderr", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->log_stderr,
 		 "log to standard error", NULL},
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ config_options_group_index (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 		{"maildir", 'm', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME, &opts->maildir,
 		 "top of the maildir", NULL},
 		{"reindex", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->reindex,
-		 "index already indexed messages too", NULL},
+		 "index even already indexed messages", NULL},
 		{"rebuild", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->rebuild,
 		 "rebuild the database from scratch", NULL},
 		{"autoupgrade", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->autoupgrade,