diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index cf3cac0a2b..2011fdbb1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [--detach] <commit>
 'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>]
 'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
-'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...
 'git checkout' (-p|--patch) [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ be used to detach `HEAD` at the tip of the branch (`git checkout
 +
 Omitting `<branch>` detaches `HEAD` at the tip of the current branch.
 
-'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...::
+'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...::
 
 	Overwrite paths in the working tree by replacing with the
 	contents in the index or in the `<tree-ish>` (most often a