diff --git a/doc/man/restic-backup.1 b/doc/man/restic-backup.1
index 93e76ca19..090bea4c2 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-backup.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-backup.1
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ given as the arguments.
     read exclude patterns from a \fB\fCfile\fR (can be specified multiple times)
 
 .PP
-\fB\-\-exclude\-if\-present\fP=""
-    takes filename[:header], exclude contents of directories containing filename (except filename itself) if header of that file is as provided
+\fB\-\-exclude\-if\-present\fP=[]
+    takes filename[:header], exclude contents of directories containing filename (except filename itself) if header of that file is as provided (can be specified multiple times)
 
 .PP
 \fB\-\-files\-from\fP=""