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diff --git a/manual/advanced_topics/viewports/colour-vp-syntax.tex b/manual/advanced_topics/viewports/colour-vp-syntax.tex
index 10b879241b..e6d0c82cf8 100644
--- a/manual/advanced_topics/viewports/colour-vp-syntax.tex
+++ b/manual/advanced_topics/viewports/colour-vp-syntax.tex
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 \subsubsection{Viewport Declaration Syntax}
 
-\config{\%V{\textbar}x{\textbar}y{\textbar}[width]{\textbar}[height]{\textbar}[font]{\textbar}[fgcolour]{\textbar}[bgcolour]{\textbar}}%
+\config{\%V(x,y,[width],[height],[font]) \%Vf([fgcolour]) \%Vb([bgcolour])}%
 
     \begin{itemize}
       \item `fgcolour' and `bgcolour' are 6-digit RGB888 colours, e.g. FF00FF.
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@
       definitions blank will set them to their default values.
     \end{itemize}
 
-\note{The correct number of `{\textbar}'s (vertical bars) with hyphens in
+\note{The correct number of commas with hyphens in
       blank fields are still needed in any case.}
 
 \begin{example}
-    %V|12|20|-|-|1|-|-|
+    %V(12,20,-,-,1) %Vf(000000) %Vb(FFFFFF)
     %sThis viewport is displayed permanently. It starts 12px from the left and
     %s20px from the top of the screen, and fills the rest of the screen from
     %sthat point. The lines will scroll if this text does not fit in the viewport.
-    %sThe user font is used, as are the default foreground/background colours.
+    %sThe user font is used, and the foreground and background are set to black
+    %sand white respectively.
 \end{example}
 \begin{rbtabular}{.75\textwidth}{XX}{\textbf{Viewport definition} & \textbf{Default value}}{}{}
   width/height & remaining part of screen \\