diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
index 14e4374361..174b088bcd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git check-attr' attr... [--] pathname...
-'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] attr... < <list-of-paths
+'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] attr... < <list-of-paths>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------