diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d450e9737..af45a64f5 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Release 0.7 (in development)
 Release 0.6.2 (in development)
 ==============================
 
+* #29: Don't generate visible "-{-}" in option lists in LaTeX.
+
 * Fix cross-reference roles when put into substitutions.
 
 * Don't put image "alt" text into table-of-contents entries.
diff --git a/doc/concepts.rst b/doc/concepts.rst
index e6d5fa026..8d108b98e 100644
--- a/doc/concepts.rst
+++ b/doc/concepts.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ such a document name.
 Examples for document names are ``index``, ``library/zipfile``, or
 ``reference/datamodel/types``.  Note that there is no leading slash.
 
+--option           Option.
+--very-long        Opitomn.
+
 
 The TOC tree
 ------------
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/html.py b/sphinx/writers/html.py
index f600e8bd2..79b2fcc55 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/html.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/html.py
@@ -463,15 +463,19 @@ class HTMLTranslator(BaseTranslator):
 
     def depart_title(self, node):
         close_tag = self.context[-1]
-        if self.add_permalinks and self.builder.add_permalinks and \
-               (close_tag.startswith('</h') or
-                close_tag.startswith('</a></h')) and \
-               node.parent.hasattr('ids') and node.parent['ids']:
+        if (self.add_permalinks and self.builder.add_permalinks and
+            node.parent.hasattr('ids') and node.parent['ids']):
             aname = node.parent['ids'][0]
             # add permalink anchor
-            self.body.append(u'<a class="headerlink" href="#%s" ' % aname +
-                             u'title="%s">\u00B6</a>' %
-                             _('Permalink to this headline'))
+            if close_tag.startswith('</h'):
+                self.body.append(u'<a class="headerlink" href="#%s" ' % aname +
+                                 u'title="%s">\u00B6</a>' %
+                                 _('Permalink to this headline'))
+            elif close_tag.startswith('</a></h'):
+                self.body.append(u'</a><a class="headerlink" href="#%s" ' % aname +
+                                 u'title="%s">\u00B6' %
+                                 _('Permalink to this headline'))
+                
         BaseTranslator.depart_title(self, node)
 
     def unknown_visit(self, node):
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 8b54d4915..086a918a7 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -1219,7 +1219,9 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
 
     def visit_option_string(self, node):
         ostring = node.astext()
-        self.body.append(self.encode(ostring.replace('--', u'-{-}')))
+        self.no_contractions += 1
+        self.body.append(self.encode(ostring))
+        self.no_contractions -= 1
         raise nodes.SkipNode
 
     def visit_description(self, node):