diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index cccca99104..cba0e22666 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_STRING('u', "local-user", &keyid, N_("key-id"),
 					N_("use another key to sign the tag")),
 		OPT__FORCE(&force, N_("replace the tag if exists")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "create-reflog", &create_reflog, N_("create_reflog")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "create-reflog", &create_reflog, N_("create a reflog")),
 
 		OPT_GROUP(N_("Tag listing options")),
 		OPT_COLUMN(0, "column", &colopts, N_("show tag list in columns")),
diff --git a/builtin/update-ref.c b/builtin/update-ref.c
index 04dd00f734..7f30d3a76f 100644
--- a/builtin/update-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/update-ref.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ int cmd_update_ref(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 					N_("update <refname> not the one it points to")),
 		OPT_BOOL('z', NULL, &end_null, N_("stdin has NUL-terminated arguments")),
 		OPT_BOOL( 0 , "stdin", &read_stdin, N_("read updates from stdin")),
-		OPT_BOOL( 0 , "create-reflog", &create_reflog, N_("create_reflog")),
+		OPT_BOOL( 0 , "create-reflog", &create_reflog, N_("create a reflog")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};