diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/Main.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/Main.java
index 2a6817f88bb..ad242c11160 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/Main.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/Main.java
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ private static void printUsage() {
             + "The settings in configuration file will be overwrite by provided arguments.\n"
             + "Options including:\n";
         String footer = "Here is an example:\n"
-            + "\tBookieServer -c bookie.conf -z localhost:2181 -m /bookkeeper/ledgers "
-            + " -p 3181 "
-            + " -j \"/mnt/journal1 /mnt/journal2\" "
-            + " -i \"/mnt/index1 /mnt/index2\" "
+            + "\tBookieServer -c bookie.conf -z localhost:2181 -m /bookkeeper/ledgers"
+            + " -p 3181"
+            + " -j \"/mnt/journal1 /mnt/journal2\""
+            + " -i \"/mnt/index1 /mnt/index2\""
             + " -l \"/mnt/ledger1 /mnt/ledger2 /mnt/ledger3\"\n";
         hf.printHelp("BookieServer [options]\n", header, BK_OPTS, footer, true);
     }