diff --git a/doc/sphinx/man/kea-admin.8.rst b/doc/sphinx/man/kea-admin.8.rst
index dc55dfd9d4..1f33d25029 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/man/kea-admin.8.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/man/kea-admin.8.rst
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ Synopsis
 Description
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-``kea-admin`` is a shell script which offers database maintenance. In
+``kea-admin`` is a shell script that offers database maintenance. In
 particular, it features database initialization, database version
-checking, and database schema upgrade.
+checking, and database schema upgrading.
 
 Arguments
 ~~~~~~~~~
@@ -30,64 +30,64 @@ Arguments
 ``command``
    Specifies the command to be issued to the servers. It can be one of the following:
 
-   **db-init**
+   ``db-init``
       Initializes a new database schema. This is useful during a new Kea
       installation. The database is initialized to the latest version
       supported by the version of the software being installed.
 
-   **db-version**
+   ``db-version``
       Reports the database backend version number. This is not necessarily
-      equal to the Kea version number as each backend has its own
+      equal to the Kea version number, as each backend has its own
       versioning scheme.
 
-   **db-upgrade**
+   ``db-upgrade``
       Conducts a database schema upgrade. This is useful when upgrading Kea.
 
-   **lease-dump**
-      Dumps the contents of the lease database (for MySQL, PostgreSQL,
-      or CQL backends) to a CSV (comma-separated values) text file.
+   ``lease-dump``
+      Dumps the contents of the lease database (for MySQL or PostgreSQL
+      backends) to a CSV (comma-separated values) text file. (Support for
+      the Cassandra backend has been deprecated.)
       The first line of the file contains the column names. This is meant
       to be used as a diagnostic tool, so it provides a portable,
       human-readable form of the lease data.
 
-   **stats-recount**
-      Recounts lease statistics for MySQL or PostgreSQL database.
+   ``stats-recount``
+      Recounts lease statistics for a MySQL or PostgreSQL database.
 
 ``backend``
    Specifies the backend type. Currently allowed backends are: memfile,
-   mysql, pgsql, and cql.
+   mysql, and pgsql; cql has been deprecated.
 
 ``-h|--host hostname``
-   Specifies the hostname when connecting to a database. If not specified,
-   the default value of **localhost** is used.
+   Specifies the hostname when connecting to a database.
+   The default value is ``localhost``.
 
 ``-P|--port port``
    Specifies the port when connecting to a database. If not specified,
    the default value chosen by the database client is used.
 
 ``-u|--user username``
-   Specifies the username when connecting to a database. If not specified,
-   the default value of **keatest** is used.
+   Specifies the username when connecting to a database.
+   The default value is **keatest**.
 
 ``-p|--password password``
    Specifies the password when connecting to a database.
    If only ``-p`` or ``--password`` is given, the user is prompted for a password.
-   If not specified at all, the **KEA_ADMIN_DB_PASSWORD** environment variable
+   If not specified at all, the ``KEA_ADMIN_DB_PASSWORD`` environment variable
    is checked for a value and used if it exists.
-   Otherwise the default value of **keatest** is used.
+   Otherwise the default value of ``keatest`` is used.
 
 ``-n|--name database-name``
-   Specifies the name of the database to connect to. If not specified, the
-   default value of **keatest** is used.
+   Specifies the name of the database to connect to. The
+   default value is ``keatest``.
 
 ``-d|--directory script-directory``
    Specifies the override scripts directory. That script is used during
-   upgrades, database initialization, and possibly other operations. If
-   not specified, the default value of ``(prefix)/share/kea/scripts/`` is
-   used.
+   upgrades, database initialization, and possibly other operations.
+   The default value is ``(prefix)/share/kea/scripts/``.
 
 ``-o|--output output_file``
-   Specifies the file to which the lease data will be dumped. Required for lease-dump.
+   Specifies the file to which the lease data will be dumped. Required for ``lease-dump``.
 
 ``-v|--version``
    Prints the ``kea-admin`` version and quits.