diff --git a/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in b/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in
index df828242b..8810e90c8 100644
--- a/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in
+++ b/man/pulseaudio.1.xml.in
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ USA.
     </option>
 
     <option>
-      <p><opt>--dump-resampe-methods</opt></p>
+      <p><opt>--dump-resample-methods</opt></p>
       <optdesc><p>List available audio resamplers.</p></optdesc>
     </option>
 
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ USA.
       <p><opt>--check</opt></p>
 
       <optdesc><p>Return 0 as return code when the PulseAudio daemon
-      is already running for the calling user.</p></optdesc>
+      is already running for the calling user, or non-zero
+      otherwise. Produces no output on the console except for errors
+      to stderr.</p></optdesc>
     </option>
 
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/cmdline.c b/src/daemon/cmdline.c
index 0bfc8a920..cc3d714bf 100644
--- a/src/daemon/cmdline.c
+++ b/src/daemon/cmdline.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void pa_cmdline_help(const char *argv0) {
            "      --cleanup-shm                     Cleanup stale shared memory segments\n"
            "      --start                           Start the daemon if it is not running\n"
            "  -k  --kill                            Kill a running daemon\n"
-           "      --check                           Check for a running daemon\n\n"
+           "      --check                           Check for a running daemon (only returns exit code)\n\n"
 
            "OPTIONS:\n"
            "      --system[=BOOL]                   Run as system-wide instance\n"