diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cec544b..531c34db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Shell completion scripts for Bash, Fish and Zsh can be found in respective subdi
       -r, --replace oldtag [newtag ...]
                            replace oldtag with newtag in all bookmarks
                            delete oldtag, if no newtag
-      -j, --jason          Json formatted output, works with -p, -s
+      -j, --json           Json formatted output, works with -p, -s
       -o, --open N         open bookmark at DB index N in web browser
       -z, --debug          show debug information and additional logs
 
diff --git a/buku b/buku
index f2849d1e..6bf661b0 100755
--- a/buku
+++ b/buku
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ power_group=argparser.add_argument_group(title="power toys",
 -r, --replace oldtag [newtag ...]
                      replace oldtag with newtag in all bookmarks
                      delete oldtag, if no newtag
--j, --jason          Json formatted output, works with -p, -s
+-j, --json           Json formatted output, works with -p, -s
 -o, --open N         open bookmark at DB index N in web browser
 -z, --debug          show debug information and additional logs''')
 power_group.add_argument('-p', '--print', nargs='?', dest='printindex', type=int, const=0, metavar='N', help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
diff --git a/buku.1 b/buku.1
index 3ae3bf88..97051812 100644
--- a/buku.1
+++ b/buku.1
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ if
 .I newtag
 is omitted.
 .TP
-.BI \-j " " \--jason
+.BI \-j " " \--json
 Output data formatted as json (works with -p and -s)
 .TP
 .BI \-o " " \--open " N"