diff --git a/doc/src/Run_options.txt b/doc/src/Run_options.txt
index 98b6f92cbc..9c12b3ff24 100644
--- a/doc/src/Run_options.txt
+++ b/doc/src/Run_options.txt
@@ -354,29 +354,31 @@ the LAMMPS simulation domain.
 
 :line
 
-[-restart2data restartfile (remap) datafile keyword value ...] :link(restart2data)
+[-restart2data restartfile \[remap\] datafile keyword value ...]
+:link(restart2data)
 
 Convert the restart file into a data file and immediately exit.  This
 is the same operation as if the following 2-line input script were
 run:
 
-read_restart restartfile (remap)
+read_restart restartfile \[remap\]
 write_data datafile keyword value ... :pre
 
-The specified restartfile and/or datafile can have the wild-card
-character "*".  The restartfile can also have the wild-card character
-"%".  The meaning of these characters is explained on the
+The specified restartfile and/or datafile name may contain the wild-card
+character "*".  The restartfile name may also contain the wild-card
+character "%".  The meaning of these characters is explained on the
 "read_restart"_read_restart.html and "write_data"_write_data.html doc
 pages.  The use of "%" means that a parallel restart file can be read.
-Note that a filename such as file.* will need to be enclosed in quotes
-to avoid shell expansion of the "*" character.
+Note that a filename such as file.* may need to be enclosed in quotes or
+the "*" character prefixed with a backslash ("\") to avoid shell
+expansion of the "*" character.
 
-Following restartfile, the optional word "remap" can be used.  This
-has the effect of adding it to the "read_restart"_read_restart.html
-command, as explained on its doc page.  This is useful if reading the
-restart file triggers an error that atoms have been lost.  In that
-case, use of the remap flag should allow the data file to still be
-produced.
+Following restartfile argument, the optional word "remap" may be used.
+This has the same effect like adding it to a
+"read_restart"_read_restart.html command, and operates as explained on
+its doc page.  This is useful if reading the restart file triggers an
+error that atoms have been lost.  In that case, use of the remap flag
+should allow the data file to still be produced.
 
 The syntax following restartfile (or remap), namely
 
@@ -388,29 +390,30 @@ optional keyword/value settings.
 
 :line
 
-[-restart2dump restartfile (remap) group-ID dumpstyle dumpfile arg1 arg2 ...] :link(restart2dump)
+[-restart2dump restartfile \[remap\] group-ID dumpstyle dumpfile arg1 arg2 ...] :link(restart2dump)
 
 Convert the restart file into a dump file and immediately exit.  This
 is the same operation as if the following 2-line input script were
 run:
 
-read_restart restartfile (remap)
+read_restart restartfile \[remap\]
 write_dump group-ID dumpstyle dumpfile arg1 arg2 ... :pre
 
-Note that the specified restartfile and dumpfile can have wild-card
-characters ("*","%") as explained on the
+Note that the specified restartfile and dumpfile names may contain
+wild-card characters ("*","%") as explained on the
 "read_restart"_read_restart.html and "write_dump"_write_dump.html doc
 pages.  The use of "%" means that a parallel restart file and/or
 parallel dump file can be read and/or written.  Note that a filename
-such as file.* will need to be enclosed in quotes to avoid shell
-expansion of the "*" character.
+such as file.* may need to be enclosed in quotes or the "*" character
+prefixed with a backslash ("\") to avoid shell expansion of the "*"
+character.
 
-Note that following restartfile, the optional word "remap" can be
-used.  This has the effect as adding it to the
-"read_restart"_read_restart.html command, as explained on its doc
-page.  This is useful if reading the restart file triggers an error
-that atoms have been lost.  In that case, use of the remap flag should
-allow the dump file to still be produced.
+Note that following the restartfile argument, the optional word "remap"
+can be used.  This has the effect as adding it to the
+"read_restart"_read_restart.html command, as explained on its doc page.
+This is useful if reading the restart file triggers an error that atoms
+have been lost.  In that case, use of the remap flag should allow the
+dump file to still be produced.
 
 The syntax following restartfile (or remap), namely
 
@@ -524,7 +527,7 @@ option is equivalent to putting the line "variable name index value1
 value2 ..."  at the beginning of the input script.  Defining an index
 variable as a command-line argument overrides any setting for the same
 index variable in the input script, since index variables cannot be
-re-defined.  
+re-defined.
 
 See the "variable"_variable.html command for more info on defining
 index and other kinds of variables and the "Commands