diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
index be39ed7c15..6928724a05 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ couple of magic command line options:
 +
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 $ git describe -h
-usage: git-describe [options] <committish>*
+usage: git describe [options] <committish>*
 
     --contains            find the tag that comes after the commit
     --debug               debug search strategy on stderr