diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 32c6316..3d0f9f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ older linux distributions, like Ubuntu 9.x.
 
 Edit specified file
 
-    $ ./rmate [arguments] file-path
+    $ ./rmate [arguments] [--] file-path
 
 Read text from stdin
 
diff --git a/rmate b/rmate
index 27a1572..033e173 100755
--- a/rmate
+++ b/rmate
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ force=false
 # process command-line parameters
 #
 function showusage {
-    echo "usage: $(basename $0) [arguments] file-path  edit specified file
+    echo "usage: $(basename $0) [arguments] [--] file-path  edit specified file
    or: $(basename $0) [arguments] -          read text from stdin
 
 -H, --host HOST  Connect to HOST. Use 'auto' to detect the host from