diff --git a/doc/nethogs.8 b/doc/nethogs.8
index 3c827a7..e291684 100644
--- a/doc/nethogs.8
+++ b/doc/nethogs.8
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ bughunt mode - implies tracemode.
 delay for update refresh rate in seconds. default is 1.
 .TP
 \fB-v\fP
-view mode (0 = KB/s, 1 = total KB, 2 = total B, 3 = total MB, 4 = MB/s, 5 = GB/s). default is 0.
+view mode (0 = kB/s, 1 = total kB, 2 = total bytes, 3 = total MB, 4 = MB/s, 5 = GB/s). default is 0.
+
+kB: 2e10 bytes, MB: 2e20 bytes, GB: 2e30 bytes
 .TP
 \fB-c\fP
 number of updates. default is 0 (unlimited).
diff --git a/src/cui.cpp b/src/cui.cpp
index 40a7455..137bce6 100644
--- a/src/cui.cpp
+++ b/src/cui.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const char *COLUMN_FORMAT_RECEIVED = "%11.3f";
 
 // All descriptions are padded to 6 characters in length with spaces
 const char *const desc_view_mode[VIEWMODE_COUNT] = {
-    "KB/s  ", "KB    ", "B     ", "MB    ", "MB/s  ", "GB/s  "};
+    "kB/s  ", "kB    ", "bytes ", "MB    ", "MB/s  ", "GB/s  "};
 
 constexpr char FILE_SEPARATOR = '/';
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b5dfdec..1ff4815 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ static void help(bool iserror) {
   output << "		-x : bughunt mode - implies tracemode.\n";
   output << "		-d : delay for update refresh rate in seconds. default "
             "is 1.\n";
-  output << "		-v : view mode (0 = KB/s, 1 = total KB, 2 = total B, 3 "
-            "= total MB, 4 = MB/s, 5 = GB/s). default is 0.\n";
+  output << "		-v : view mode (0 = kB/s, 1 = total kB, 2 = "
+            "total bytes, 3 = total MB, 4 = MB/s, 5 = GB/s). default is 0.\n";
   output << "		-c : number of updates. default is 0 (unlimited).\n";
   output << "		-t : tracemode.\n";
   // output << "		-f : format of packets on interface, default is
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ static void help(bool iserror) {
   output << " r: sort by RECEIVED traffic\n";
   output << " l: display command line\n";
   output << " b: display the program basename instead of the fullpath\n";
-  output << " m: switch between total (KB, B, MB) and throughput (KB/s, MB/s, "
-            "GB/s) mode\n";
+  output << " m: switch between total (kB, bytes, MB) and throughput (kB/s, "
+            " MB/s, GB/s) mode\n";
 }
 
 void quit_cb(int /* i */) {