diff --git a/src/gmnlm.c b/src/gmnlm.c
index 07d0000babe7cd51876ead407e83c3062adfda56..07b699134c0c71a20d4780148ad74cb246634549 100644
--- a/src/gmnlm.c
+++ b/src/gmnlm.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const char *help_msg =
"The following commands are available:\n\n"
"q\tQuit\n"
"N\tFollow Nth link (where N is a number)\n"
- "p N\tShow URL of Nth link (where N is a number)\n"
+ "p[N]\tShow URL of Nth link (where N is a number)\n"
"b\tBack (in the page history)\n"
"f\tForward (in the page history)\n"
"H\tView all page history\n"
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ result = PROMPT_AGAIN;
goto exit;
}
case 'p':
- if (!isspace(in[1])) break;
+ if (!in[1]) break;
struct link *link = browser->links;
char *endptr;
int linksel = (int)strtol(in+1, &endptr, 10);