diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
index 79449bf98f..972a055fbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-mv - Move or rename a file, a directory, or a symlink
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git mv' <options>... <args>...
+'git mv' [<options>] <args>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 54a4b29b47..5e438a7fdc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-status - Show the working tree status
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git status' [<options>...] [--] [<pathspec>...]
+'git status' [<options>] [--] [<pathspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/builtin/pack-objects.c b/builtin/pack-objects.c
index 46e2677496..6a8edd5711 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-objects.c
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ static inline void oe_set_delta_size(struct packing_data *pack,
 #define SET_DELTA_SIBLING(obj, val) oe_set_delta_sibling(&to_pack, obj, val)
 
 static const char *pack_usage[] = {
-	N_("git pack-objects --stdout [<options>...] [< <ref-list> | < <object-list>]"),
-	N_("git pack-objects [<options>...] <base-name> [< <ref-list> | < <object-list>]"),
+	N_("git pack-objects --stdout [<options>] [< <ref-list> | < <object-list>]"),
+	N_("git pack-objects [<options>] <base-name> [< <ref-list> | < <object-list>]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
index aac0f708e4..58a22503f0 100644
--- a/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
+++ b/builtin/sparse-checkout.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 static const char *empty_base = "";
 
 static char const * const builtin_sparse_checkout_usage[] = {
-	N_("git sparse-checkout (init | list | set | add | reapply | disable) <options>"),
+	N_("git sparse-checkout (init | list | set | add | reapply | disable) [<options>]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/t/helper/test-proc-receive.c b/t/helper/test-proc-receive.c
index cc08506cf0..a4b305f494 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-proc-receive.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-proc-receive.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "test-tool.h"
 
 static const char *proc_receive_usage[] = {
-	"test-tool proc-receive [<options>...]",
+	"test-tool proc-receive [<options>]",
 	NULL
 };