diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__dog_vdi/man.text b/cdist/conf/type/__dog_vdi/man.text
index d7cc6f88..e3453ba7 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__dog_vdi/man.text
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__dog_vdi/man.text
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
 state::
     Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"
 size::
-    Size of the image in dog vdi compatible units.
+    Size of the image in "dog vdi" compatible units.
 
-    Required if state == present.
+    Required if state is "present".
 
 
 
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__qemu_img/man.text b/cdist/conf/type/__qemu_img/man.text
index 39188ab0..0fe2bbec 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__qemu_img/man.text
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__qemu_img/man.text
@@ -14,17 +14,15 @@ The qemu-img program is used to create qemu images for
 qemu and (qemu-)kvm.
 
 
-REQUIRED PARAMETERS
--------------------
-size::
-    Size of the image in qemu-img compatible units.
-    See qemu-img(1).
-
 
 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
 -------------------
 state::
     Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present"
+size::
+    Size of the image in qemu-img compatible units.
+
+    Required if state is "present".
 
 
 EXAMPLES
@@ -42,9 +40,10 @@ __qemu_img /home/services/kvm/vm/myoldvm/system-disk --state absent
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 - cdist-type(7)
+- qemu-img(1)
 
 
 COPYING
 -------
-Copyright \(C) 2012 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
+Copyright \(C) 2012-2014 Nico Schottelius. Free use of this software is
 granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__qemu_img/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__qemu_img/parameter/optional
index 71b9a32b..21aa421b 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__qemu_img/parameter/optional
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__qemu_img/parameter/optional
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 format
 state
+size