diff --git a/chown.1 b/chown.1
index c110e1d..66c1407 100644
--- a/chown.1
+++ b/chown.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 chown \- change file ownership
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B chown
-.RB [ \-r ]
+.RB [ \-Rr ]
 .RI [ owner ][: group ]
 .RI [ file ...]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ chown \- change file ownership
 changes the user or group ownership for the given files.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
+.B \-R
+equivalent to -r.
+.TP
 .B \-r
 change directory ownership recursively.
 .SH SEE ALSO
diff --git a/chown.c b/chown.c
index 85ee5b9..1cdaed5 100644
--- a/chown.c
+++ b/chown.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static int ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	eprintf("usage: %s [-r] [owner][:[group]] file...\n", argv0);
+	eprintf("usage: %s [-Rr] [owner][:[group]] file...\n", argv0);
 }
 
 int