diff --git a/builtin-grep.c b/builtin-grep.c
index 647535061c..d8b06ce810 100644
--- a/builtin-grep.c
+++ b/builtin-grep.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static int grep_object(struct grep_opt *opt, const char **paths,
 }
 
 static const char builtin_grep_usage[] =
-"git-grep <option>* <rev>* [-e] <pattern> [<path>...]";
+"git-grep <option>* [-e] <pattern> <rev>* [[--] <path>...]";
 
 static const char emsg_invalid_context_len[] =
 "%s: invalid context length argument";