doc: use program and option directives to document options

[notmuch] / doc / man1 / notmuch-compact.rst

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@@ -26,14 +26,18 @@ process (which may be quite long) to protect data integrity.
 
 Supported options for **compact** include
 
-``--backup=``\ <directory>
-    Save the current database to the given directory before replacing
-    it with the compacted database. The backup directory must not
-    exist and it must reside on the same mounted filesystem as the
-    current database.
-
-``--quiet``
-    Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.
+.. program:: compact
+
+.. option:: --backup=<directory>
+
+   Save the current database to the given directory before replacing
+   it with the compacted database. The backup directory must not
+   exist and it must reside on the same mounted filesystem as the
+   current database.
+
+.. option:: --quiet
+
+   Do not report database compaction progress to stdout.
 
 SEE ALSO
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