diff --git a/builtin/read-tree.c b/builtin/read-tree.c
index 43b47f72f1..2379e11069 100644
--- a/builtin/read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/read-tree.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static int list_tree(unsigned char *sha1)
 }
 
 static const char * const read_tree_usage[] = {
-	N_("git read-tree [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>] [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]] [--no-sparse-checkout] [--index-output=<file>] (--empty | <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]])"),
+	N_("git read-tree [(-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>) [-u [--exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>] | -i]] [--no-sparse-checkout] [--index-output=<file>] (--empty | <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]])"),
 	NULL
 };