diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 1f46380af2..fbcc455cae 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ As an example, the command below will show the path and currently
 checked out commit for each submodule:
 +
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-git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`'
+git submodule foreach 'echo $sm_path `git rev-parse HEAD`'
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