diff --git a/byobu.1 b/byobu.1
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ byobu \- wrapper script for seeding a user's byobu configuration and launching s
 
 \fBmem_used\fP \- disk space used on / directory as a percentage of the total space available on /; displayed in the lower bar on the far right in white text on a light purple background with a trailing '%' sign; override the default directory by specifying an alternate mount point in \fI$HOME/.byobu/disk\fP
 
-\fBec2_cost\fP \- an estimation of the cost of the current boot of the system in terms of the Amazon EC2 billing model; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in green text on a grey background; there is a leading '~' to indicate that this is an estimation, and the monetary units are US Dollars '$'
+\fBec2_cost\fP \- an estimation of the cost of the current boot of the system in terms of the Amazon EC2 billing model; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in green text on a black background; there is a leading '~' to indicate that this is an estimation, and the monetary units are US Dollars '$'
 
 \fBfan_speed\fP \- cpu or system fan speed as reported by lm-sensors; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in black text on a grey background; there is a trailing 'rpm' for units
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ byobu \- wrapper script for seeding a user's byobu configuration and launching s
 
 \fBprocesses\fP \- total number of processes running on the system; displayed in the lower bar in black text on a dark yellow background with a trailing '&' indicating 'background processes'
 
-\fBreboot_required\fP \- symbol present if a reboot is required following a system update; displayed in the lower bar white text on a blue background by the symbol '(@)' which visually looks like a 'cycle your machine' logo; additionally, reboot_required will print '<F5>' in white text on a blue background, if Byobu requires you to reload your profile to affect some changes.
+\fBreboot_required\fP \- symbol present if a reboot is required following a system update; displayed in the lower bar white text on a blue background by the symbol '(R)'; additionally, reboot_required will print '<F5>' in white text on a blue background, if Byobu requires you to reload your profile to affect some changes.
 
 \fBrelease\fP \- distribution and version information about the release running on the current system as reported by \fBlsb_release(1)\fP or \fI/etc/issue\fP; displayed in the lower bar in bold black text toward the left on a grey background