diff --git a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
index 8196d787ab..44b1ce4c6b 100644
--- a/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
+++ b/Documentation/asciidoc.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 caret=^
 startsb=[
 endsb=]
+tilde=~
 
 ifdef::backend-docbook[]
 [gitlink-inlinemacro]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index b761b4b965..2f1306c1d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ syntax.
   'rev{caret}0' means the commit itself and is used when 'rev' is the
   object name of a tag object that refers to a commit object.
 
-* A suffix '~<n>' to a revision parameter means the commit
+* A suffix '{tilde}<n>' to a revision parameter means the commit
   object that is the <n>th generation grand-parent of the named
   commit object, following only the first parent.  I.e. rev~3 is
   equivalent to rev{caret}{caret}{caret} which is equivalent to\