diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 925ca90..4271adc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ usage: xeno-crufto [-h] [--api API] [--dry-run | --no-dry-run] [--query QUERY]
                    [--smp SMP] [--sp SP] [--ssp SSP]
                    [--stage {adult,juvenile,nesting,nymph,subadult,unknown}]
                    [--temperature TEMPERATURE]
-                   [--type {aberrant,alarm call,begging call,call,calling song,courtship song,dawn song,distress call,distrubance song,drumming,duet,echolocation,female song,flight call,flight song,imitation,nocturnal flight call,rivalry song,searching song,social call,song,subsong,unknown}]
+                   [--type {aberrant,"alarm call","begging call",call,"calling song","courtship song","dawn song","distress call","distrubance song",drumming,duet,echolocation,"female song","flight call","flight song",imitation,"nocturnal flight call","rivalry song","searching song","social call",song,subsong,unknown}]
                    [--uploaded UPLOADED]
 
 options:
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ options:
   --temperature TEMPERATURE
                         temperature during recording (applicable to specific
                         groups only)
-  --type {aberrant,alarm call,begging call,call,calling song,courtship song,dawn song,distress call,distrubance song,drumming,duet,echolocation,female song,flight call,flight song,imitation,nocturnal flight call,rivalry song,searching song,social call,song,subsong,unknown}
+  --type {aberrant,"alarm call","begging call",call,"calling song","courtship song","dawn song","distress call","distrubance song",drumming,duet,echolocation,"female song","flight call","flight song",imitation,"nocturnal flight call","rivalry song","searching song","social call",song,subsong,unknown}
                         the sound type of the recording
   --uploaded UPLOADED   the date that the recording was uploaded to xeno-canto
                         (example: 2022-03-02)
diff --git a/xeno-crufto b/xeno-crufto
index fc7ac2b..7cb3416 100755
--- a/xeno-crufto
+++ b/xeno-crufto
@@ -340,25 +340,25 @@ parser.add_argument(
     required=False,
     choices=[
         "aberrant",
-        "alarm call",
-        "begging call",
+        '"alarm call"',
+        '"begging call"',
         "call",
-        "calling song",
-        "courtship song",
-        "dawn song",
-        "distress call",
-        "distrubance song",
+        '"calling song"',
+        '"courtship song"',
+        '"dawn song"',
+        '"distress call"',
+        '"distrubance song"',
         "drumming",
         "duet",
         "echolocation",
-        "female song",
-        "flight call",
-        "flight song",
+        '"female song"',
+        '"flight call"',
+        '"flight song"',
         "imitation",
-        "nocturnal flight call",
-        "rivalry song",
-        "searching song",
-        "social call",
+        '"nocturnal flight call"',
+        '"rivalry song"',
+        '"searching song"',
+        '"social call"',
         "song",
         "subsong",
         "unknown",