diff --git a/root/scripts/backup.sh b/root/scripts/backup.sh
index 1426ec9..f5f41d9 100644
--- a/root/scripts/backup.sh
+++ b/root/scripts/backup.sh
@@ -34,21 +34,21 @@ function scriptHelp {
     echo -e "\tMailcow to operational status."
     echo -e "\nThe readme file included in this script's git contains detailed"
     echo -e "usage information. The following is a brief summary:\n"
-    echo -e "\n${bold}***This script scans for your mailcow configuration file"
+    echo -e "${bold}***This script scans for your mailcow configuration file"
     echo -e "either with the default name or with your provided filename. If"
     echo -e "multiple files with this name are on your system, the script"
-    echo -e "WILL get confused and exit with errors***${normal}{$default}"
-    echo -e "\n${bold}${note}\nOptional parameters:${normal}${default}"
+    echo -e "WILL get confused and exit with errors***${normal}${default}"
+    echo -e "${bold}${note}\nOptional parameters:${normal}${default}"
     echo -e "${lit}\n-1, Timeout for containers to STOP before error${default}"
     echo -e "The number of seconds to wait for a docker container to STOP"
     echo -e "before aborting the procedure and exiting this script with an"
     echo -e "error."
-    echo -e "{info}Default: 120 seconds${default}"
+    echo -e "${info}Default: 120 seconds${default}"
     echo -e "${lit}\n-2, Timeout for containers to START before error${default}"
     echo -e "The number of seconds to wait for a docker container to START"
     echo -e "before aborting the procedure and exiting this script with an"
     echo -e "error."
-    echo -e "{info}Default: 180 seconds${default}"
+    echo -e "${info}Default: 180 seconds${default}"
     echo -e "${lit}\n-5, Location of 503 error page file${default}"
     echo -e "FULL PATH to the 503 error page HTML file you want copied to your"
     echo -e "webroot to inform users the server is down during the backup. If"