diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index af521f8990..5355a8d54a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ branch we have for it.
 +
 `--force-with-lease=<refname>:<expect>` will protect the named ref (alone),
 if it is going to be updated, by requiring its current value to be
-the same as the specified value <expect> (which is allowed to be
+the same as the specified value `<expect>` (which is allowed to be
 different from the remote-tracking branch we have for the refname,
 or we do not even have to have such a remote-tracking branch when
 this form is used).