diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index a7f51ab4d0..e22dfa5803 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	[--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>]
 	[--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>]
 	[--original <namespace>] [-d <directory>] [-f | --force]
-	<rev-list options>
+	[<rev-list options>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index ed54e20b2f..ff716cabb0 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ USAGE="[--env-filter <command>] [--tree-filter <command>] \
 [--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>] \
 [--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>] \
 [--original <namespace>] [-d <directory>] [-f | --force] \
-<rev-list options>"
+[<rev-list options>...]"
 
 OPTIONS_SPEC=
 . git-sh-setup