diff --git a/src/dinglehopper/cli.py b/src/dinglehopper/cli.py
index 5e5e81c..2d3c075 100644
--- a/src/dinglehopper/cli.py
+++ b/src/dinglehopper/cli.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def process_dir(
 @click.option(
     "--plain-encoding",
     default="autodetect",
-    help='Encoding  (e.g. "utf-8") of plain text files',
+    help='Encoding (e.g. "utf-8") of plain text files',
 )
 @click.option("--progress", default=False, is_flag=True, help="Show progress bar")
 @click.version_option()
diff --git a/src/dinglehopper/cli_line_dirs.py b/src/dinglehopper/cli_line_dirs.py
index 4064de0..0160f87 100644
--- a/src/dinglehopper/cli_line_dirs.py
+++ b/src/dinglehopper/cli_line_dirs.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def process(
 @click.option(
     "--plain-encoding",
     default="autodetect",
-    help='Encoding  (e.g. "utf-8") of plain text files',
+    help='Encoding (e.g. "utf-8") of plain text files',
 )
 def main(gt, ocr, report_prefix, metrics, gt_suffix, ocr_suffix, plain_encoding):
     """