diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 533355984c..d980e2cb7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
 	  [--edit | -e] [--all | [--update | -u]] [--intent-to-add | -N]
 	  [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--ignore-missing] [--]
-	  [<filepattern>...]
+	  [<pathspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ commit.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-<filepattern>...::
+<pathspec>...::
 	Files to add content from.  Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can
 	be given to add all matching files.  Also a
 	leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1`
@@ -100,21 +100,21 @@ apply to the index. See EDITING PATCHES below.
 
 -u::
 --update::
-	Only match <filepattern> against already tracked files in
+	Only match <pathspec> against already tracked files in
 	the index rather than the working tree. That means that it
 	will never stage new files, but that it will stage modified
 	new contents of tracked files and that it will remove files
 	from the index if the corresponding files in the working tree
 	have been removed.
 +
-If no <filepattern> is given, the current version of Git defaults to
+If no <pathspec> is given, the current version of Git defaults to
 "."; in other words, update all tracked files in the current directory
 and its subdirectories. This default will change in a future version
 of Git, hence the form without <filepattern> should not be used.
 
 -A::
 --all::
-	Like `-u`, but match <filepattern> against files in the
+	Like `-u`, but match <pathspec> against files in the
 	working tree in addition to the index. That means that it
 	will find new files as well as staging modified content and
 	removing files that are no longer in the working tree.
diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index 7738025a2e..0dd014eb96 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "bulk-checkin.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_add_usage[] = {
-	N_("git add [options] [--] <filepattern>..."),
+	N_("git add [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
 	NULL
 };
 static int patch_interactive, add_interactive, edit_interactive;
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 1a0e5f14a3..3348aa14e9 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
 #include "sequencer.h"
 
 static const char * const builtin_commit_usage[] = {
-	N_("git commit [options] [--] <filepattern>..."),
+	N_("git commit [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
 	NULL
 };
 
 static const char * const builtin_status_usage[] = {
-	N_("git status [options] [--] <filepattern>..."),
+	N_("git status [options] [--] <pathspec>..."),
 	NULL
 };