diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 30487de48f..da3c38cd60 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	context exist they all must match.  By default no context is
 	ever ignored.
 
---whitespace=<nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip>::
+--whitespace=<option>::
 	This flag is passed to the 'git-apply' program
 	(see linkgit:git-apply[1]) that applies the patch.
 	Incompatible with the --interactive option.