diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index 20bb8e8217..51029a2271 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-rev-list - Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git rev-list' [<options>] <commit>... [[--] <path>...]
+'git rev-list' [<options>] <commit>... [--] [<path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/builtin/for-each-repo.c b/builtin/for-each-repo.c
index c6379b783c..d45d873f57 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-repo.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-repo.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "string-list.h"
 
 static const char * const for_each_repo_usage[] = {
-	N_("git for-each-repo --config=<config> <arguments>"),
+	N_("git for-each-repo --config=<config> [--] <arguments>"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/rev-list.c b/builtin/rev-list.c
index ada68a4af5..3acd93f71e 100644
--- a/builtin/rev-list.c
+++ b/builtin/rev-list.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include "packfile.h"
 
 static const char rev_list_usage[] =
-"git rev-list [<options>] <commit>... [-- <path>...]\n"
+"git rev-list [<options>] <commit>... [--] [<path>...]\n"
 "\n"
 "  limiting output:\n"
 "    --max-count=<n>\n"
diff --git a/builtin/verify-pack.c b/builtin/verify-pack.c
index db9ac5c460..27d6f75fd8 100644
--- a/builtin/verify-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/verify-pack.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int verify_one_pack(const char *path, unsigned int flags, const char *has
 }
 
 static const char * const verify_pack_usage[] = {
-	N_("git verify-pack [-v | --verbose] [-s | --stat-only] <pack>.idx..."),
+	N_("git verify-pack [-v | --verbose] [-s | --stat-only] [--] <pack>.idx..."),
 	NULL
 };