diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index 025c911436..aa95334a79 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ to further limit the result.
 Thus, the following command:
 
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-	$ git rev-list foo bar ^baz
+$ git rev-list foo bar ^baz
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 means "list all the commits which are reachable from 'foo' or 'bar', but
 not from 'baz'".
 
 A special notation "'<commit1>'..'<commit2>'" can be used as a
-short-hand for "{caret}'<commit1>' '<commit2>'". For example, either of
+short-hand for "^'<commit1>' '<commit2>'". For example, either of
 the following may be used interchangeably:
 
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-	$ git rev-list origin..HEAD
-	$ git rev-list HEAD ^origin
+$ git rev-list origin..HEAD
+$ git rev-list HEAD ^origin
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 Another special notation is "'<commit1>'...'<commit2>'" which is useful
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ for merges.  The resulting set of commits is the symmetric difference
 between the two operands.  The following two commands are equivalent:
 
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-	$ git rev-list A B --not $(git merge-base --all A B)
-	$ git rev-list A...B
+$ git rev-list A B --not $(git merge-base --all A B)
+$ git rev-list A...B
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 'rev-list' is a very essential Git command, since it