diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c
index dcb398da8e7..8bd33a15ca5 100644
--- a/pager.c
+++ b/pager.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void setup_pager(void)
 	close(fd[0]);
 	close(fd[1]);
 
-	setenv("LESS", "-RS", 0);
+	setenv("LESS", "FRS", 0);
 	run_pager(pager);
 	die("unable to execute pager '%s'", pager);
 	exit(255);
diff --git a/show-index.c b/show-index.c
index c21d660b628..a30a2de5d13 100644
--- a/show-index.c
+++ b/show-index.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	static unsigned int top_index[256];
 
 	if (fread(top_index, sizeof(top_index), 1, stdin) != 1)
-		die("unable to read idex");
+		die("unable to read index");
 	nr = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
 		unsigned n = ntohl(top_index[i]);