diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aef01c5a2b..dab5bc2a3c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ git-archive
 git-bisect
 git-blame
 git-branch
-git-browse--help
 git-bundle
 git-cat-file
 git-check-attr
@@ -52,6 +51,7 @@ git-gc
 git-get-tar-commit-id
 git-grep
 git-hash-object
+git-help--browse
 git-http-fetch
 git-http-push
 git-imap-send
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index 8cd69e7129..da3f71850a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ OPTIONS
 +
 The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable
 'help.browser', or 'web.browser' if the former is not set. If none of
-these config variables is set, the 'git-browse--help' helper script
+these config variables is set, the 'git-help--browse' helper script
 (called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default.
 +
 You can explicitly provide a full path to your prefered browser by
 setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example,
 you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting
-'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git-browse--help' assumes the tool
+'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git-help--browse' assumes the tool
 is available in PATH.
 +
 Note that the script tries, as much as possible, to display the HTML
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b9fe40bd43..617e5f5a4b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ SCRIPT_SH = \
 	git-lost-found.sh git-quiltimport.sh git-submodule.sh \
 	git-filter-branch.sh \
 	git-stash.sh \
-	git-browse--help.sh
+	git-help--browse.sh
 
 SCRIPT_PERL = \
 	git-add--interactive.perl \
diff --git a/git-browse--help.sh b/git-help--browse.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from git-browse--help.sh
rename to git-help--browse.sh
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index f9ce6db34f..1302a61c83 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static void show_info_page(const char *git_cmd)
 static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
 {
 	const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
-	execl_git_cmd("browse--help", page, NULL);
+	execl_git_cmd("help--browse", page, NULL);
 }
 
 void help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)