diff --git a/Documentation/gitmailmap.txt b/Documentation/gitmailmap.txt
index 7f1089786d..052209b33b 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmailmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmailmap.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gitmailmap - Map author/committer names and/or E-Mail addresses
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-$GIT_WORK_DIR/.mailmap
+$GIT_WORK_TREE/.mailmap
 
 
 DESCRIPTION