diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4694f1e..5abd86f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ $ tsfmt --help
     --no-editorconfig     don't read a .editorconfig
     --no-vscode           don't read a .vscode/settings.json
     --no-tsfmt            don't read a tsfmt.json
-    --useTsconfig <path>  using specified config file insteaf of tsconfig.json
-    --useTslint <path>    using specified config file insteaf of tslint.json
-    --useTsfmt <path>     using specified config file insteaf of tsfmt.json
+    --useTsconfig <path>  using specified config file instead of tsconfig.json
+    --useTslint <path>    using specified config file instead of tslint.json
+    --useTsfmt <path>     using specified config file instead of tsfmt.json
     --verbose             makes output more verbose
 ```
 
diff --git a/lib/cli.ts b/lib/cli.ts
index 26db6df..f872832 100644
--- a/lib/cli.ts
+++ b/lib/cli.ts
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ let root = commandpost
     .option("--no-editorconfig", "don't read a .editorconfig")
     .option("--no-vscode", "don't read a .vscode/settings.json")
     .option("--no-tsfmt", "don't read a tsfmt.json")
-    .option("--useTsconfig <path>", "using specified config file insteaf of tsconfig.json")
-    .option("--useTslint <path>", "using specified config file insteaf of tslint.json")
-    .option("--useTsfmt <path>", "using specified config file insteaf of tsfmt.json")
+    .option("--useTsconfig <path>", "using specified config file instead of tsconfig.json")
+    .option("--useTslint <path>", "using specified config file instead of tslint.json")
+    .option("--useTsfmt <path>", "using specified config file instead of tsfmt.json")
     .option("--verbose", "makes output more verbose")
     .option("-v, --version", "output the version number")
     .action((opts, args) => {