diff --git a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
index cf71fba1c0..442caff8a9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-patch-id.txt
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ OPTIONS
 
 	This is the default.
 
-<patch>::
-	The diff to create the ID of.
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite