diff --git a/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst b/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst
index c1e4377bf..2d457494a 100644
--- a/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst
+++ b/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ should belong to the appropriate group.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $ restic backup -r sftp:restic@repohost:/srv/restic-repo
+    $ restic -r sftp:restic@repohost:/srv/restic-repo backup
 
 In the example, the command could be run by the local user ``root`` who can read
 all the files on the client host, and send them for backup using a remote user ``restic``
diff --git a/doc/045_working_with_repos.rst b/doc/045_working_with_repos.rst
index 1a7db7d6e..32984ac7a 100644
--- a/doc/045_working_with_repos.rst
+++ b/doc/045_working_with_repos.rst
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ perform.
     version of restic or some third-party implementation.
 
     To convert a snapshot into the format expected by the ``rewrite`` command
-    use ``restic repair snapshots <snapshotID>``.
+    use ``restic -r /srv/restic-repo repair snapshots <snapshotID>``.
 
 Modifying metadata of snapshots
 ===============================
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ This is possible using the ``rewrite`` command with the option ``--new-host`` fo
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $ restic rewrite --new-host newhost --new-time "1999-01-01 11:11:11"
+    $ restic -r /srv/restic-repo rewrite --new-host newhost --new-time "1999-01-01 11:11:11"
 
     repository b7dbade3 opened (version 2, compression level auto)
     [0:00] 100.00%  1 / 1 index files loaded
diff --git a/doc/manual_rest.rst b/doc/manual_rest.rst
index 4083762d9..2382e7c87 100644
--- a/doc/manual_rest.rst
+++ b/doc/manual_rest.rst
@@ -253,9 +253,7 @@ repository.
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $ restic -r backup find test.txt
-    debug log file restic.log
-    debug enabled
+    $ restic -r /srv/restic-repo find test.txt
     enter password for repository:
     found 1 matching entries in snapshot 196bc5760c909a7681647949e80e5448e276521489558525680acf1bd428af36
       -rw-r--r--   501    20      5 2015-08-26 14:09:57 +0200 CEST path/to/test.txt
@@ -457,7 +455,7 @@ If the relevant environment variables are not set, restic exits with an error
 message.
 
 The command line parameter ``--cache-dir`` or the environment variable
-``$RESTIC_CACHE_DIR`` can be used to override the default cache location.  The
+``$RESTIC_CACHE_DIR`` can be used to override the default cache location. The
 parameter ``--no-cache`` disables the cache entirely. In this case, all data
 is loaded from the repository.