diff --git a/git-add--interactive.perl b/git-add--interactive.perl
index 964c3a7542..76b941f8f0 100755
--- a/git-add--interactive.perl
+++ b/git-add--interactive.perl
@@ -1184,7 +1184,13 @@ d - do not apply this hunk or any of the later hunks in the file"),
 );
 
 sub help_patch_cmd {
-	print colored $help_color, __($help_patch_modes{$patch_mode}), "\n", __ <<EOF ;
+	local $_;
+	my $other = $_[0] . ",/,?";
+	print colored $help_color, __($help_patch_modes{$patch_mode}), "\n",
+		map { "$_\n" } grep {
+			my $c = quotemeta(substr($_, 0, 1));
+			$other =~ /,$c/
+		} split "\n", __ <<EOF ;
 g - select a hunk to go to
 / - search for a hunk matching the given regex
 j - leave this hunk undecided, see next undecided hunk