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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $ . venv/bin/activate
 ```text
 $ . venv/bin/activate
 (venv) $ python markov.py -h
-usage: markov.py [-h] [-c COUNT] [-s SEED] input [input ...]
+usage: markov.py [-h] [-w WORDS] [-s SEED] input [input ...]
 
 Generate a novel using Markov chains.
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ positional arguments:
 
 optional arguments:
   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
-  -c COUNT, --count COUNT
-                        generate at least COUNT words
+  -w WORDS, --words WORDS
+                        generate at least WORDS words
   -s SEED, --seed SEED  seed for random number generator
 ```