diff --git a/man8/thin_dump.8 b/man8/thin_dump.8
index 256aa44..7f2a9a1 100644
--- a/man8/thin_dump.8
+++ b/man8/thin_dump.8
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ the device-mapper target) or file.
 Print output in XML or human readable format.
 
 .IP "\fB\-r, \-\-repair\fP".
+Repair the metadata whilst dumping it.
 
 .IP "\fB\-m, \-\-metadata_snap\fP [block#]".
 Dump metadata snapshot created by device-mapper thin provisioning target.
diff --git a/man8/thin_repair.8 b/man8/thin_repair.8
index 69cddea..f5816d4 100644
--- a/man8/thin_repair.8
+++ b/man8/thin_repair.8
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ thin_repair \- repair thin provisioning binary metadata from device/file to devi
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B thin_repair
-repairs binary thin provisioning metadata created by the
-respective device-mapper target processing to another device or file.
-If repaired to a metadata device, the metadata can be processed
+reads binary thin provisioning metadata created by the
+respective device-mapper target from one device or file,
+repairs it and writes it to another device or file.
+If written to a metadata device, the metadata can be processed
 by the device-mapper target.
 
 .IP "\fB\-i, \-\-input\fP \fI{device|file}\fP"
@@ -30,10 +31,10 @@ Print help and exit.
 Output version information and exit.
 
 .SH EXAMPLE
-Repairs the binary thin provisioning metadata on file
+Reads the binary thin provisioning metadata from file
 .B metadata
-to logical volume /dev/vg/metadata for further processing by the
-respective device-mapper target:
+, repairs it and writes it to logical volume /dev/vg/metadata
+for further processing by the respective device-mapper target:
 .sp
 .B thin_repair -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata